Michael Taylor b. 1933

Also known as Michael Franklin Taylor
  • Artist (Painter)
Michael Taylor's lush abstract paintings emerged in the 1970s. They were seductive in the way they simultaneously quoted elements of landscape and celebrated the abstract qualities of paint. In recent years he has turned to collage.
Tags: landcape, water
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Name
Michael Taylor
Also known as Michael Franklin Taylor
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Lecturer in painting (ANZSIC code: 8102) 1971 Canberra School of Art. Canberra, ACT
Tags:
landcape
water
Birth date
1933
Birth place
Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1960 -
Residence
  • 1933 - 1957 Woolwich, NSW, Australia
  • 1957 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1958 India
  • 1960 - 1963 Europe
  • 1963 - 1971 Woolwich, NSW, Australia (Often took bush journeys to paint)
  • 1971 Canberra, ACT
  • 1972 - Bredbo, NSW, Australia
Training
  • Diploma in Painting, 1949 - 1953 East Sydney Technical College, Darlinghurst, NSW

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  • Abstract Expressionism (exhibited at)
  • I Had a Dream: Australian Art in the 1960s (exhibited at)
  • Living in the Seventies (exhibited at)
  • Children's Refuge art exhibition 1981 (exhibited at)
  • Michael Taylor: a survey 1963-2016 (exhibited at)
  • The Australian Landscape (exhibited at)
  • Recent Australian Art (exhibited at)
  • Michael Taylor: Paintings (exhibited at)
  • Michael Taylor: Paintings (exhibited at)
  • Stock Show (exhibited at)
  • Italian Government travelling art scholarship for painting 1959 (exhibited at)
  • Michael Taylor: paintings (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition Swing: Collages of Michael Taylor (exhibited at)
  • Abstract Expressionism (exhibited at)
  • I Had a Dream: Australian Art in the 1960s (exhibited at)
  • Living in the Seventies (exhibited at)
  • Children's Refuge art exhibition 1981 (exhibited at)