Barbara Austin Taylor
Barbara Penson Austin Taylor (1891–1951) was a British sculptor.
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Barbara Austin Taylor
- Died
- Barbara Austin Taylor died in 1951.
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- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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- artist · sculptor
- Education
- Grosvenor School of Modern Art
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Barbara Penson Austin Taylor (1891–1951) was a British sculptor.
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Barbara Austin Taylor was a British artist and sculptor. The artist studied at Grosvenor School of Modern Art.
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Taylor was born in West Derby, a suburb of Liverpool, and studied in London at the Westminster School of Art, at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art and then at the British School in Rome. After studying stone carving techniques in the workshop of a monumental mason, Taylor established a studio in London, being based in Chelsea for a long period. She produced portrait heads, busts and figures in bronze, stone and plaster. Until a few years before her death, Taylor was a regular exhibitor with the Royal Academy in London and also with the London Group and the Society of Women Artists. Manchester City Art Gallery holds examples of her work.
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1892
Barbara Austin Taylor born.
1951
Barbara Austin Taylor died.
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- 1.James Mackay. The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze. Antique Collectors' Club. 1977. 0902028553.
- 2.David Buckman. Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 2, M to Z. Art Dictionaries Ltd. 2006. 0-953260-95-X.
- 3.Sara Gray. British Women Artists. A Biographical Dictionary of 1000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts. Dark River. 2019. 978-1-911121-63-3.
- 4.University of Glasgow History of Art / HATII. Barbara A Taylor. Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851–1951. 2011.
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