Grace Taylor b. 1897

Also known as Grace Furniss
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist ,
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Grace Taylor (1897-1988) was a commercial artist and potter who grew up in New Zealand and migrated to Australia in 1926.
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Name
Grace Taylor
Also known as Grace Furniss
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other Occupation
  • Commercial artist (ANZSIC code: 6924)
Birth date
1897
Birth place
Wigley, Derbyshire, England, UK
Death date
1988
Death place
New Zealand
Active Period
  • 1946 - 1956
  • 1917 - 1942
Arrival
  • 1926 (Sydney, NSW.)
Residence
  • 1956 - 1988 New Zealand
  • 1949 - 1956 Bankstown, Sydney, NSW
  • 1946 - 1949 Sydney, NSW
  • 1933 - 1942 Brisbane, Qld.
  • 1926 - 1933 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1917 - c.1922 Auckland, New Zealand
  • c.1902 - c.1917 Huntly, New Zealand
Training
  • 1924 Elam School of Art, Auckland, New Zealand
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book

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References [<ExternalResource: Brodie, I.M. (19 January 1926), 'Women and commercial art', Australian Woman's Mirror.>, <ExternalResource: Cockfield, Ray, 'Self-taught potter finds retirement too stifling', Undated, unsourced newspaper clipping, AWM file 92/464 [Grace Taylor, quoted in].>, <ExternalResource: (1993), '[Annette Asher, the artist's niece, Letter to AWM 24 September 1993]', AWM file 92/464, and personal communications.>]