Henry Fitch Taylor, born in Cincinnati in 1853, was the oldest American artist to experiment with modernist painting. He studied at the Academie Julian*, in Paris, beginning 1884, and also worked at... Read full biography
Henry Fitch Taylor, born in Cincinnati in 1853, was the oldest American artist to experiment with modernist painting. He studied at the Academie Julian*, in Paris, beginning 1884, and also worked at Barbizon*, possibly encouraged to go to France by Joseph Jefferson whose popular performing troupe... Read full biography
Henry Fitch Taylor, born in Cincinnati in 1853, was the oldest American artist to experiment with modernist painting. He studied at the Academie Julian*, in Paris, beginning 1884, and also worked at Barbizon*, possibly encouraged to go to France by Joseph Jefferson whose popular performing troupe Taylor had joined. Taylor returned to America in either 1888 or 1889, and established a studio in New York City and also became a part of the Impressionist Colony at Cos Cob*, Connecticut, spending... Read full biography
Henry Fitch Taylor, born in Cincinnati in 1853, was the oldest American artist to experiment with modernist painting. He studied at the Academie Julian*, in Paris, beginning 1884, and also worked at Barbizon*, possibly encouraged to go to France by Joseph Jefferson whose popular performing troupe Taylor had joined. Taylor returned to America in either 1888 or 1889, and established a studio in New York City and also became a part of the Impressionist Colony at Cos Cob*, Connecticut, spending time there until 1908. There he associated with George Luks, John Twachtman, and Childe Hassam, all whom had a decisive role in Taylor's life as an artist. His work reflected Barbizon and Impressionist influences (he had been a visitor to Giverny*,... Read full biography
Henry Fitch Taylor, born in Cincinnati in 1853, was the oldest American artist to experiment with modernist painting. He studied at the Academie Julian*, in Paris, beginning 1884, and also worked at Barbizon*, possibly encouraged to go to France by Joseph Jefferson whose popular performing troupe Taylor had joined. Taylor returned to America in either 1888 or 1889, and established a studio in New York City and also became a part of the Impressionist Colony at Cos Cob*, Connecticut, spending time there until 1908. There he associated with George Luks, John Twachtman, and Childe Hassam, all whom had a decisive role in Taylor's life as an artist. His work reflected Barbizon and Impressionist influences (he had been a visitor to Giverny*, France, home of Claude Monet) until the early years of the new century. In fact, he was a personal friend of Monet and the Monet family.&nb... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (25)
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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
Cos Cob's Surprising Modernist: Henry Fitch Taylor (Exhibition catalog)
2005
Oaklander, Christine
0 pages (color)
American Paintings from the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery: An Institutional History in Pictures (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Siedell, Daniel A.
9 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Modern American Painting 1910-194 Toward A New Perspective (Exhibition catalog)
1997
Agee, William C
24 pages
The American Fauves: The Color of Modernism (Exhibition catalog)
1997
Gerdts, William H; Hollis Taggart
159 pages (color)
American Images/The SBC Collection of 20th Century American Art
1996
Hopps, Walter (others)
320 pages (color)
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990
Gerdts, William H
421 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
1988
Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy
376 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
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
Early American Modernist Painting 1910-1935
1981
Davidson, Abraham A
324 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Art
1979
Baigell, Mathew
390 pages
Synchromism American Color Abstraction 1910-1925 (Exhibition catalog)
1978
Levin, Gail
144 pages (color)
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974
Baur, John I H
235 pages (color)
Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set) (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Naylor, Maria
1,075 pages
American Art Since 1900 A Critical History
1967
Rose, Barbara
320 pages (color)
Cubism, Its Impact in the USA 1910-1930 (Exhibition catalog)
1967
U of New Mexico Art Museum
64 pages (color)
The Story of the Armory Show (Exhibition catalog)
1963
Brown, Milton W
320 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index