• Maughan and Billy Taylor, late 1940s -
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    £40  £20 



    Presentation: Mounted
    Inscribed Pencil.
    10 7/8 x 8 1/4 in. (27.6 x 21 cm.)
    Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist.
  • Standing Female Nude, 1970 -
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    £100  £50 



    Presentation: Mounted
    Signed and dated
    Pencil
    49 x 23 cm

    Provenance: acquired directly from the artist
  • Figure in Landscape, 1953 -
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    Presentation: Unmounted
    Signed, dated, numbered 2/10 and inscribed with title

    Sights size 6 x 10 in. (15.2 x 25.4 cm.)

    The model for this etching is the artist's wife Audrey
    William Taylor is a painter, teacher, writer, exhibition organiser and film-maker, born in Sheffield. He studied at Sheffield College of Art, 1936-39, and at the Royal College of Art, 1939-43. He taught at Sheffield College of Art where in 1963 he established the History of Art Department. He was Dean of the Faculty of Art and Design at Sheffield Polytechnic, 1972-75. He holds a Master of Philosophy degree in art history from Nottingham University. He has organised major shows of Aubrey Beardsley and Edward Burne-Jones at Mappin Art Gallery and made the film Portrait of Beardsley. He has exhibited at the RA, NEAC, at Leicester and Redfern Galleries and in New Zealand and Canada. Taylor's pictures combine figure and landscape with strong Neo-Romantic overtones, and are saturated with lyricism and a sense of longing.
  • The Sunne Rising, 1951 -
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    Presentation: Mounted
    Inscribed with title, dated, signed and numbered 22/50
    Etching,
    9 x 6 3/4 in. (23 x 17 cm.)

    Provenance: acquired directly from the artist

    Taylor's pictures combine figure and landscape with strong Neo-Romantic overtones, and are saturated with lyricism and a sense of longing.  His compositions are frequently set in the artist's Devonshire garden and usually  include portraits of his wife, Audrey, (as in this etching), who was a fellow artist.

    A painter, teacher, writer, exhibition organiser and film-maker, born in Sheffield, Taylor studied at Sheffield College of Art, 1936-39, and at the Royal College of Art, 1939-43. He taught at Sheffield College of Art where in 1963 he established the History of Art Department. He was Dean of the Faculty of Art and Design at Sheffield Polytechnic, 1972-75. He holds a Master of Philosophy degree in art history from Nottingham University. He has organised major shows of Aubrey Beardsley and Edward Burne-Jones at Mappin Art Gallery and made the film Portrait of Beardsley. He has exhibited at the RA, NEAC, at Leicester and Redfern Galleries and in New Zealand and Canada.


  • The corridor 1952 -
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    Presentation: Mounted
    Signed, titled and dated
    Etching
    9 3/4 x 6 in. (25 x 15 cm)

    The model for this etching is the artist's wife Audrey
    William Taylor is a painter, teacher, writer, exhibition organiser and film-maker, born in Sheffield. He studied at Sheffield College of Art, 1936-39, and at the Royal College of Art, 1939-43. He taught at Sheffield College of Art where in 1963 he established the History of Art Department. He was Dean of the Faculty of Art and Design at Sheffield Polytechnic, 1972-75. He holds a Master of Philosophy degree in art history from Nottingham University. He has organised major shows of Aubrey Beardsley and Edward Burne-Jones at Mappin Art Gallery and made the film Portrait of Beardsley. He has exhibited at the RA, NEAC, at Leicester and Redfern Galleries and in New Zealand and Canada. Taylor's pictures combine figure and landscape with strong Neo-Romantic overtones, and are saturated with lyricism and a sense of longing.
  • Lady standing by a basin, 1943 -
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    Presentation: Mounted
    Signed and dated Pastel.
    10 7/8 x 8 1/2 in. (27.5 x 21.7 cm.)
    Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist.
  • Still life: sideboard with ornaments, 1942 -
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    Presentation: Mounted
    Signed and dated.
    Pastel on brown paper.
    11 x 8 1/4 in. (28 x 21 cm.)
  • Audrey in the Garden, late 1940's -
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    Presentation: Mounted
    Signed in pencil
    Watercolour
    53 x 34 cm.
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