Listed Canadian Artist, 1906-1987.
Etching "Cross Country Racer" – Signed by the artist in pencil .
Numbered: 32/100 – ca. 1940.
Image Size – w: 5 ½ in. by h: 4 in..
Archivally Matted and Framed.
Frederick B. Taylor was born in Ottawa in 1906. He studied architecture at McGill University from 1925 to 1930 as well as studying art under Edmond Dyonnet in Montreal and Ernest Fosbery in Ottawa.
In London, England he studied drawing and etching at Goldsmiths College of Art and also at the Byam Shaw School of Drawing. Fred Taylor was a member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Artists, the Royal Canadian Academy, Canadian Painters and Etchers Society, the Canadian Arts Council and was an Associate of The Royal Institute of British Architects.
Fred was an etcher, serigrapher, watercolourist and painter of urban and landscape scenes. He has a number of works of art in the collection of the National Gallery in Ottawa and the Art Gallery of Ontario as well as many private and public collections world-wide. Fred Taylor was the younger brother of Edward Plunket (E.P.) Taylor, the noted Canadian business tycoon, investor, and philanthropist.
Fred Taylor passed away in San Miguel de Allende in 1987, leaving behind his third wife, Fen Taylor.
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