Barbara Austin Taylor

Barbara Penson Austin Taylor (1891–1951) was a British sculptor.

Taylor was born in West Derby, a suburb of Liverpool, and studied in London at the Westminster School of Art, at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art and then at the British School in Rome.^[1]^[2] 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.^[3]^[4] She produced portrait heads, busts and figures in bronze, stone and plaster.^[3] Until a few years before her death, Taylor was a regular exhibitor with the Royal Academy in London and also with the London Group and the Society of Women Artists.^[1]^[3] Manchester City Art Gallery holds examples of her work.^[2]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b James Mackay (1977). The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 0902028553.
^ ^a ^b David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 2, M to Z. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sara Gray (2019). British Women Artists. A Biographical Dictionary of 1000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts. Dark River. ISBN 978-1-911121-63-3.
^ University of Glasgow History of Art / HATII (2011). "Barbara A Taylor". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851–1951. Retrieved 27 October 2021.