biografia di Grace Martin TAYLOR (1903-1995)

Birth place: Morgantown, WV

Addresses: Charleston, WV

Profession: Painter, educator, block printer

Studied: PAFA; WVa Univ. (A.B., M.A.); Ohio Univ.; AIC; ASL; Bisttram Sch. Art; Hans Hofmann Sch. Fine Arts; with Breckenridge, A.B. Carles, Garber, H. McCarter; B. Lazzell; F. Pfeiffer; H. Hofmann.

Exhibited: NAD, 1944 & 1948; Va. Intermont Col., 1948 ( first prize for prints, Seven State Exhib.); Huntington Gals., 1954 ( first prize & jurors award, Three State Ann.); AWCS, 1958-59; Am. Drawing Biennial, Norfolk Mus., 1965; Contemp. Gal., Palm Beach, Fla., 1967; Artist of the Year, WVa. Univ., 1958 (solo); WVa. Rhododendron Arts Festival, 1971 (Citizen of the Yr. in Art in WVa).

Member: Provincetown A. Assn.; All. A. WVa. (pres., 1935-36); Am. Assn. Univ. Prof.; Int. Platform Assn.

Work: Am. Color Print Soc.; Laskin Gals., Charleston, WVa.; Hallmark Co.; Charleston Art Gal., WVa; pvt. colls.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, casein, acrylics, graphics. Positions: dean, Mason Col. Music & Fine Arts, 1950-55, pres., 1955-56. Teaching: assoc. prof. art & hd. dept., Mason Col. Music & Fine Arts, 1934-56; assoc. prof., Morris Harvey Col., 1956-68; lectr., WVa Univ. Div. Exten. Credit, 1967-71. Research: art education in colleges & universities of the East. Art Interests: Creative production & teaching. Collection: portfolios of drawings & watercolors; paintings in all media. Also appears as Martin-Taylor.

Sources: WW73; Haas & Packer, Instruction in Audiovisual Aids (1950) & Morris Davidson, Painting with Purpose (1964, Prentice-Hall)