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British artist

"Brightest London is best reached by Underground" London Underground poster, 1924
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, 1925 poster

Horace Christopher Taylor (1881 – 7 February 1934), was a British commercial artist, painter and poster designer, including for the London Underground.

Early life

Taylor was born in Islington, London in 1881, the son of a railway accountant, George Julian Taylor and his wife Matilda Barns.

He trained at the Camden School of Art, the Royal Academy Schools and the Royal Academy of Munich.

Career

He started his career working as a cartoonist for the Manchester Guardian. From 1922, he moved towards being a commercial artist and painter, particularly a poster designer, most notably for the London Underground.

He also designed posters for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, Vigil Silk, and the Orient Line.

Personal life

He lived at 14 Temple Fortune Lane in Hampstead Garden Suburb. On 1 June 1921, he married Dulcie Muriel Marriott (1894-1958) in Chelsea, London.

He died in London on 7 February 1934.

Legacy

Three 1926 photographs of Taylor, taken by Howard Coster, are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.

References

  1. ^ "TAYLOR Horace Christopher 1881-1934". www.artbiogs.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  2. "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008". www.familysearch.org. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Hampstead Garden Suburb Virtual Museum : Individual : Horace Taylor [P-PROF-H_TAYLOR]". hgsheritage.org.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Horace Taylor (1881–1934)". visualarts.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  5. Taylor, Horace (1919), Vigil, the Pure Silk., retrieved 16 November 2024
  6. "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005". www.familysearch.org. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  7. "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957". www.familysearch.org. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  8. "Horace Taylor". National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
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