DOI issue:
No. 384 (March 1925)
DOI article:[Studio-talk]
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21402#0169
GLASGOW
"ROSS ISLAND." ETCH-
ING BY E. A. TAYLOR
in her infinite store, he communicates stained glass, developing an original style,
happily. 00000 Over a hundred windows were done for
In essence, his art to an unusual degree the Mersey Dock and Harbour Board
marks a typical Scot. Its characteristics—■ Offices at Liverpool, and others for
challenging statement, heartfelt poetry churches in Manchester, Pendleton and
that (as in the case of Robert Burns) is the Argentine. Engaging in mural decora-
compact of humour, a sentiment for the tion, he carried through some highly
kindly, simple things, a passion for the effective panels of unusual subjects for
home country—these are Scottish at- Monsieur Lazar Weill.er's Chateau
tributes. 0 0 0 0 0 d'Augervilliers, which occupied him for a
To arrive at this free expression of full year. 00000
himself, Mr. Taylor has passed through Mr. Taylor's school in Paris was in
years of stern diligence. First of all he full swing when War broke out, and by
designed house decoration for Messrs. the same catastrophic interruption the
Wylie & Lockhead, of Glasgow. A draw- artist lost valuable stained glass in Roubaix
ing-room exhibited by this firm at the and pictures in an exhibition at Kiev.
Glasgow International Exhibition, 1901, " The Shealing Atelier," which was regu-
gave him his opportunity. Lord Weir's larly visited by Steinlen and Charles Lasar,
house in the same city offered occasion for was in the Rue de la Grande Chaumiere. 0
a complete drawing-room design from But from these activities, Mr. Taylor,
carpets to ceiling. His work in this vein gleaning essential knowledge and skill,
earned a medal and diploma at Turin has turned to pure painting; to etching
International Exhibition. 000 also, in which he characteristically has
From furniture the artist turned to sought a personal method, as our
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"ROSS ISLAND." ETCH-
ING BY E. A. TAYLOR
in her infinite store, he communicates stained glass, developing an original style,
happily. 00000 Over a hundred windows were done for
In essence, his art to an unusual degree the Mersey Dock and Harbour Board
marks a typical Scot. Its characteristics—■ Offices at Liverpool, and others for
challenging statement, heartfelt poetry churches in Manchester, Pendleton and
that (as in the case of Robert Burns) is the Argentine. Engaging in mural decora-
compact of humour, a sentiment for the tion, he carried through some highly
kindly, simple things, a passion for the effective panels of unusual subjects for
home country—these are Scottish at- Monsieur Lazar Weill.er's Chateau
tributes. 0 0 0 0 0 d'Augervilliers, which occupied him for a
To arrive at this free expression of full year. 00000
himself, Mr. Taylor has passed through Mr. Taylor's school in Paris was in
years of stern diligence. First of all he full swing when War broke out, and by
designed house decoration for Messrs. the same catastrophic interruption the
Wylie & Lockhead, of Glasgow. A draw- artist lost valuable stained glass in Roubaix
ing-room exhibited by this firm at the and pictures in an exhibition at Kiev.
Glasgow International Exhibition, 1901, " The Shealing Atelier," which was regu-
gave him his opportunity. Lord Weir's larly visited by Steinlen and Charles Lasar,
house in the same city offered occasion for was in the Rue de la Grande Chaumiere. 0
a complete drawing-room design from But from these activities, Mr. Taylor,
carpets to ceiling. His work in this vein gleaning essential knowledge and skill,
earned a medal and diploma at Turin has turned to pure painting; to etching
International Exhibition. 000 also, in which he characteristically has
From furniture the artist turned to sought a personal method, as our
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