Howard TAYLOR
HOWARD TAYLOR
Born 1918
Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Died 19 July 2001
Selected solo exhibitions*
2001 'Forest Radiance', John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology, Perth
2000 'Way Through', Curtin University of Technology, Public Sculpture
(commission)
1999 'Howard Taylor Paintings', Annandale Galleries, Sydney
1992 'Howard Taylor: In Private Hands', Erica Underwood Gallery, Curtin University
of Technology, Perth
1989 New Parliament House Canberra, Wood Sculpture for Formal Gardens, gift
from the Western Australian Parliament (commission)
University of Western Australia, Painting (commission)
1988, '89, '90, '92, '93, '95, '96, '98, '99, 2000, '01, '02
Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
1985, '93, '96, '98
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
1982 'Paintings, Sculptures and Drawings', Old Court House Centre, Busselton
1981 'Paintings, Sculptures and Drawings', Quentin Gallery, Perth
1979 City of Bunbury, Wood Sculpture (commission)
1978 'Paintings, Sculptures and Drawings', WAIT, Perth
'Paintings, Sculptures and Drawings', Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1977 Undercroft Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth
WAIT, Atkinson Forum, Perth, Wood Sculpture (commission)
1975 AMP Building, Perth, Concrete and Mosaic Sculpture (commission)
1971 WAIT, Robertson Library, Painted Sculpture (commission)
Festival of Perth Exhibition, University of Western Australia, Perth
1969 Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth (commission)
1967 Paintings and Drawings, Artist's Home 'Aldersyde', Bickley
ANZ Bank, Bunbury, Relief (commission)
1965 ANZ House, Perth, Sculpture and Relief (commission)
1964 St. Peter the Apostle, Roman Catholic Church, Perth, Relief
(commission)
Fremantle Port Authority, Administration Building, Perth,
Mosaic/painting/assemblage (commission)
1963 Western Australian Pavilion, Sydney Trade Fair, Sculpture Panels
(commission)
1961 T & G Building, Perth, Sculpture and Interior Design (commission)
1960, '63, '70, '74
Paintings and Drawings, Skinner Galleries, Perth
Fremantle Passenger Terminal, mural works (commission), Perth
1956 'Paintings and Sculptures', Library, Adult Education Building Perth
1951 'Paintings and Drawings', The Lesser Hall, Northam
1949 'Paintings and Drawings', Newspaper House Gallery, Perth
Selected group exhibitions*
2002 'Different Strokes', Holmes à Court Gallery, Perth
2001 'Phenomena: New Painting in Australia: 1', Art Gallery of New South Wales,
Sydney
2000 'The Colour of Water', Perth International Arts Festival, Galerie Düsseldorf,
Perth
'Painting Now', John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology, Perth
'Side by Side', Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
'Works from The Holmes à Court Collection', Holmes à Court Gallery, Perth
1997 'Galerie Düsseldorf: 21 Years On', Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
'Large Scale Paintings from the Holmes à Court Collection', Cullity Gallery,
University of Western Australia, Perth
'The Curtin Collection: 1968–98', John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of
Technology, Perth
'Distant Horizons', John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology, Perth
1996 The Stein Collection, Lawrence Wilson Gallery, University of Western
Australia, Perth
'The Way We Were: 1940s–1950s', Lawrence Wilson Gallery, University of
Western Australia, Perth
'Spirit & Place: Art In Australia 1861–1996', Museum of Contemporary Art,
Sydney
1993 'Joan and Peter Clemenger Triennial Exhibition of Contemporary Australian
Art', National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
'The Constable Collection', Lawrence Wilson Gallery, University of Western
Australia, Perth
1991 'A Backward Glance', Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
1990 'Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art', Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
1989 'Heidelberg and Heritage, Two Visions of Australia One Hundred Years
Apart', Linden Gallery, Melbourne
1987 'Among the Souvenirs: Western Australian Art in the Eighties', Art Gallery of
Western Australia, Perth
'3rd Australian Sculpture Triennial', National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
'Thirteen Artists at Galerie Düsseldorf', Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
1984 'Australian Sculpture from the Collection', Art Gallery of Western Australia,
Perth
1983 'Western Australian Paperworks', Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
'The WAIT Collection 1968–1983', Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
1982 'Critics Choice', Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
'The Foulkes Taylor Years Invitation Exhibition', Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
1949–81
24 Group Exhibitions
Qualifications, grants & awards*
2000 Lifetime Achievement Award, Citizen of the Year, Western Australian
Government, Perth
1999 Living Treasures Award, Western Australian Government, Perth
1998 Honorary Doctor of Technology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth
1993 Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of Western Australia, Perth
1991 Fellow, Curtin University of Technology, Perth
1989 Member of the Order of Australia
1986 Australia Council Inaugural Emeritus Award
1978 Visual Arts Board, Australia Council Grant
1977 WAIT Artist-in-Residence, Perth
1975 Western Australian Arts Council Fellowship
1946–48
Studied at Birmingham College of Art, UK
Collections*
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Bank West Communications, Perth
The Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Aotearoa New Zealand
City of Hamilton Art Gallery, Victoria
Curtin University of Technology, Perth
Douglas and Magda Sheerer, Perth
Edith Cowan University, Perth
The Holmes à Court Collection, Perth
Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth
King Edward Memorial Hospital, Perth
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
New Parliament House, Canberra
Royal Perth Hospital
State Library of Western Australia, Perth
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
University of Western Australia, Perth
Wesfarmers Collection, Perth
*All Australia unless otherwise stated
Selected bibliography
Allen, Traudi. Cross-currents in Contemporary Australian Art. Craftsman House, Sydney, 2001.
Johnson, Anna. 'Howard Taylor'. Interior Architecture and Design, issue 23, 1990, pp.172–7.
Mateer, John. ‘Contemporary modernist’. Art Monthly Australia, no.63, September 1993, pp.28–30.
Murray Cree, Laura & Drury, Nevill (eds). Australian Painting Now. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1999.
Snell, Ted. ‘Howard Taylor 1918–2001’. Art and Australia, vol.39, no.3, 2002, pp.387–8.
Snell, Ted. Howard Taylor: Forest Figure. Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle, WA, 1995.
Snell, Ted. ‘Light and surface: the art of Howard Taylor’. Art and Australia, vol.31, no.4, Winter 1994, pp.474–80.
Thomas, Daniel. 'Howard Taylor's world of light'. Art and Australia, vol.33, no.1, Spring 1995, pp.44–5.
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