ANNA HEYWARD TAYLOR (1879-1956). Anna Heyward Taylor was born into a prominent family in the cotton industry, in Columbia, South Carolina. She became an important figure in Charleston's cultural... Read full biography
ANNA HEYWARD TAYLOR (1879-1956). Anna Heyward Taylor was born into a prominent family in the cotton industry, in Columbia, South Carolina. She became an important figure in Charleston's cultural development during the golden years of the Charleston Renaissance. Most noted for her woodblock prints... Read full biography
ANNA HEYWARD TAYLOR (1879-1956). Anna Heyward Taylor was born into a prominent family in the cotton industry, in Columbia, South Carolina. She became an important figure in Charleston's cultural development during the golden years of the Charleston Renaissance. Most noted for her woodblock prints and watercolors, Taylor's work is characterized by strength in design and an assured technique as she concentrated on chronicling picturesque Charleston and its surroundings in scenes depicting all... Read full biography
ANNA HEYWARD TAYLOR (1879-1956). Anna Heyward Taylor was born into a prominent family in the cotton industry, in Columbia, South Carolina. She became an important figure in Charleston's cultural development during the golden years of the Charleston Renaissance. Most noted for her woodblock prints and watercolors, Taylor's work is characterized by strength in design and an assured technique as she concentrated on chronicling picturesque Charleston and its surroundings in scenes depicting all stratas of everyday life. Taylor graduated from the South Carolina College for Women, Columbia, in 1897. In 1903, she attended a summer class conducted by William Merritt Chase in Holland and traveled in Europe extensively, visiting London in 1904;... Read full biography
ANNA HEYWARD TAYLOR (1879-1956). Anna Heyward Taylor was born into a prominent family in the cotton industry, in Columbia, South Carolina. She became an important figure in Charleston's cultural development during the golden years of the Charleston Renaissance. Most noted for her woodblock prints and watercolors, Taylor's work is characterized by strength in design and an assured technique as she concentrated on chronicling picturesque Charleston and its surroundings in scenes depicting all stratas of everyday life. Taylor graduated from the South Carolina College for Women, Columbia, in 1897. In 1903, she attended a summer class conducted by William Merritt Chase in Holland and traveled in Europe extensively, visiting London in 1904; England, Paris and Switzerland in 1908; and Italy and Germany in 1909. She also traveled to the Orient, visiting China and Japan in 1... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (18)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Central to Their Lives: Southern Women Artists in the Johnson Collection
2018
Blackman, Lynne (Editor), The Johnson Collection
245 pages (color)
Visual Art and the Urban Evolution of the New South
2015
Pollack, Deborah C.
400 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Charleston Renaissance (Publ. of Charleston Renaissance Gallery)
1998
Severens, Martha R
216 pages (color)
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
Greenville County Museum of Art The Southern Collection
1995
Severens, Martha R
289 pages (color)
Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993
Southwest Art
64 pages
Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two)
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
Anna Heyward Taylor Printmaker (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Martha R. Severens
22 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985
Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie
851 pages
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present
1973
Collins, Jim L.
426 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index