Barbara Penson Austin Taylor (1891–1951) was a British sculptor.
Biography
Taylor was born in
West Derby
West Derby ( ) is an affluent suburb of Liverpool, England. It is located East of the city and is also a Liverpool City Council ward. At the 2011 Census, the population was 14,382.
History West Derby
Mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'', Wes ...
, a suburb of
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...
, and studied in London at the
Westminster School of Art
The Westminster School of Art was an art school in Westminster, London.
History
The Westminster School of Art was located at 18 Tufton Street, Deans Yard, Westminster, and was part of the old Royal Architectural Museum.
H. M. Bateman described ...
, 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
The London Group is a society based in London, England, created to offer additional exhibiting opportunities to artists besides the Royal Academy of Arts. Formed in 1913, it is one of the oldest artist-led organisations in the world. It was form ...
and the
Society of Women Artists
The Society of Women Artists (SWA) is a British art body dedicated to celebrating and promoting fine art created by women. It was founded as the Society of Female Artists (SFA) in about 1855, offering women artists the opportunity to exhibit and ...
.
holds examples of her work.
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1891 births
1951 deaths
20th-century English women artists
Alumni of the Grosvenor School of Modern Art
Alumni of the Westminster School of Art
Artists from Liverpool
English women sculptors