Howard Hamilton Taylor b. 29 August 1918

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Painter, sculptor and teacher, his work was presented in two retrospectives, in 1985 at the AGWA, and from 2003-06 at ten-venues organised by the MCA and AGWA. He received the Emeritus Award from the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council in 1986; Member Order of Australia, 1989; Hon. Doctor of Letters, UWA, 1993; Hon. Doctor of Technology, Curtin University, 1997; and 'State Treasure' Western Australia 1999.
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Citations

  • Erickson, Dorothy (2000), 'Art and Design in Western Australia: Perth Technical College 1900-2000’, Perth, WA: Central Metropolitan College of TAFE, p. 65.

  • Snell, Ted (1995), 'Howard Taylor: forest figure’, Perth, WA: Fremantle Arts Centre Press.

  • Gooding, Janda (1991), 'Wildflowers in Art: Perth’, Perth, WA: Art Gallery of Western Australia.

  • Gary Dufour (2022), 'Howard Taylor: Works from the Kerry Stokes Collection.’ Perth: Australian Capital Equity.

  • Dufour, Gary. (2003). Howard Taylor: Phenmena. Perth: Art Gallery of Western Australia.

  • Dufour, Gary 1985), Howard Taylor: Sculptures, Paintings, Drawing 1942-1984’, Perth: Art Gallery of Western Australia.

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  • Western Australian artists, designers & makers (1829-1959)

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Residences
  • 1932 - 1937 Perth, WA (Residence 6 Baird Ave. Nedlands, attended Perth Modern School)
  • 1919 - 1932 Adelaide, SA, Australia
  • 1918 Hamilton, VIC (Residence of maternal grandparents, his mother Eleanor Minnie Taylor (née Middleton) travelled to Hamilton for the delivery of her child.)
  • 1949 - 1967 Bickley, WA, Australia (Residence 'Aldersyde' Piesse Brook)
  • 1967 - 2001 Northcliffe, WA (Rudd Road)
  • 1937 - 1938 Point Cook, Victoria, RAAF flight training centre, Australia (Awarded Maddock Cup for highest aggregate marks pilot flight training. )
  • 1938 - 1946 England, UK & Europe (RAF 25/7/38 to 23/7/43; RAAF 23/7/43 to 20/2/ 46; P.O.W. 19/05/40 to2/09/45; Arrived Perth 22/11/1945)
  • 1940 - 1945 Germany and Poland (P. O. W. at camps: Dulag Luft Oberwesel, Oflag IXA Sprangenberg, Olfag VIB Warburg and Stalag Luft III Sagan (Germany) and Stalag XXA Thorn and Oflag XXIB Schbin (Poland))
  • 1932 - 1937 Perth, WA (Residence 6 Baird Ave. Nedlands, attended Perth Modern School)
  • 1919 - 1932 Adelaide, SA, Australia
  • 1918 Hamilton, VIC (Residence of maternal grandparents, his mother Eleanor Minnie Taylor (née Middleton) travelled to Hamilton for the delivery of her child.)
  • 1949 - 1967 Bickley, WA, Australia (Residence 'Aldersyde' Piesse Brook)
  • 1967 - 2001 Northcliffe, WA (Rudd Road)
  • 1937 - 1938 Point Cook, Victoria, RAAF flight training centre, Australia (Awarded Maddock Cup for highest aggregate marks pilot flight training. )
  • 1938 - 1946 England, UK & Europe (RAF 25/7/38 to 23/7/43; RAAF 23/7/43 to 20/2/ 46; P.O.W. 19/05/40 to2/09/45; Arrived Perth 22/11/1945)
  • 19 May 1940 - 1 September 1945 Germany and Poland (P. O. W. at camps: Dulag Luft Oberwesel, Oflag IXA Sprangenberg, Olfag VIB Warburg and Stalag Luft III Sagan (Germany) and Stalag XXA Thorn and Oflag XXIB Schbin (Poland))