TAYLOR, Charles William

1878 - 1960

Charles William Taylor was born at 23 North Road, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire on 29 April 1878, youngest child of Thomas Taylor (1839-), a brewer, and his wife Mary Ann née Hearn (1838-), who married at Brackley, Northamptonshire in 1860. Charles studied art at Wolverhampton School of Art and in 1901, was a 22-year-old wood engraver, living at 208 New Hampton Road, Wolverhampton with his parents, 60-year-old Thomas and 60 [sic] year-old Mary Ann, with three siblings, Mary 34, Minnie 28 and John Percy 24. As a mature student, Charles continued his studies at the Royal College of Art in the 1920s and he taught at the Southend School of Art, Essex living at 72 Ramuz Drive, Westcliff-on-Sea from where he exhibited in 1912. A wood and copper plate engraver, watercolour painter and teacher, an associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers in 1922 and full member in 1930 where he exhibited on 58 occasions also exhibiting at the Royal Academy, the Royal Hibernian Academy, the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, The Royal Scottish Academy and at many other venues including in 1923 at the Ipswich Fine Art Club, three wood engravings 'Leigh, Essex', 'Boat Builder's Shop, Leigh' and 'Stanbridge Mill, Essex'. He married at Wolverhampton in 1902, Maud Lillian Parr (18 April 1880-1960) and in 1939 Charles was a retired art master, living at The Retreat, Steep Lane, Findon, Worthing, Sussex with his wife Maud. His wife Maud died at The Retreat, Steep Hill, Finden near Worthing on 28 February 1960 and Charles William Taylor died at Sandena Nursing Home, Steep Hill, Finden a few days later, on 2 March 1960. He signed his works 'C.W.Taylor'.

Royal Academy Exhibits
from 72 Ramuz Drive, Westcliff-on-sea, Essex
1915 1101 The Leigh Boat Builder - watercolour
1917 887 Plate Printers - watercolour
         969 The Copper Smith - watercolour
1918 792 Printing - watercolour
         1260 The Metal Shop - etching
1920 870 Stambridge Flour Mill - watercolour
1922 1056 Printing - wood engraving
1924 1089 Southend Pier - wood engraving
1925 742 Leigh Marsh - watercolour
1926 1057 Sychnant Pass - wood engraving
1928 1174 Before Burford - etching
         1218 Summer in Wales - wood engraving
1929 1091 'To Childerditch' - wood engraving
         1153 Rye - etching
1930 1128 Lamberhurst - wood engraving
         1142 March in Essex - wood engraving
         1249 Early Morining Essex - line engraving
1931 950 A Welsh Mile - watercolour
         1165 Tilbury Marsh - line engraving
1932 1151 Benfleet - line engraving
1933 1256 Michael's Yard - line engraving
         1338 Finden Sussex - wood engraving
1934 1146 Finden Fair - wood engraving
1935 1030 Leigh Essex - watercolour
         1170 County Kent - wood engraving
from Winton Hall, Westcliff Avenue, Westcliff on Sea
1936 1027 Southend Pier - watercolour
         1254 Lincoln - wood engraving
1937 806 Near Steyning - watercolour
         1251 North Wales - wood engraving
         1262 The Arun - wood engraving
1938 781 Findon Fair- watercolour
         1154 Summer Night - wood engraving
         1155 Near Creeksea - wood engraving
from 'Retreat', Steep Lane, Findon, Sussex
1939 885 Sussex - wood engraving
1940 1282 Avon - wood engraving
         1387 The Moat - wood engraving
1941 797 The Edge of the Water - wood engraving
1942 551 Below Winchelsea - wood engraving
1943 773 Creeksea - wood engraving
         778 Near Rye - wood engraving
         779 River in Yorkshire - wood engraving
1944 1027 Claverley - wood engraving
         1031 Kent - wood engraving
1945 852 Near Burford - watercolour
         1183 Ludlow - wood engraving
         1189 Sychnant Pass - wood engraving
1946 951 Childerditch - watercolour
         1081 Kent and Sussex Border
1947 1033 Danny Park - wood engraving
         1034 The Lake - wood engraving
1948 1120 Near Himley - wood engraving
1949 1099 Arundel - wood engraving
1950 1170 Smestow - wood engraving
1951 920 Trysull - wood engraving
         967 Brightlingsea - wood engraving
         1009 Hanningfield - wood engraving
1952 1175 Farm in Sussex - wood engraving
         1250 Wiston and Chanctonbury - wood engraving
1953 1079 Claverley - wood engraving
1954 1084 Near Canewdon - wood engraving
         1040 West Sussex - wood engraving
1955 1070 Bridgnorth - wood engraving
         1079 Surrey - wood engraving
1956 1040 Benfleet - line engraving
         1048 The Bell Inn - wood engraving
         1127 West Sussex - wood engraving
1957 1222 Summer in Essex - wood engraving
         1230 Summer in Wales - wood engraving

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Works by This Artist