E. A. Taylor
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Ernest Archibald Taylor was a Scottish
artist
who worked in painting, stained glass and furniture.
Born in Greenock
, Taylor was apprenticed into the Glasgow
shipbuilding industry. He then worked in furniture design.
Moving toward art training at Glasgow School of Art
, he met and married Jessie M. King
. They moved between Salford, Paris
and then Kirkcudbright
, working on commissions and running their own art schools.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
who worked in painting, stained glass and furniture.
Greenock
Greenock is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council area in United Kingdom, and a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland...
, Taylor was apprenticed into the Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
shipbuilding industry. He then worked in furniture design.
Moving toward art training at Glasgow School of Art
Glasgow School of Art
Glasgow School of Art is one of only two independent art schools in Scotland, situated in the Garnethill area of Glasgow.-History:It was founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Government School of Design. In 1853, it changed its name to The Glasgow School of Art. Initially it was located at 12 Ingram...
, he met and married Jessie M. King
Jessie Marion King
Jessie Marion King was a Scottish painter and illustrator mostly of children's books. She was married to E. A. Taylor....
. They moved between Salford, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and then Kirkcudbright
Kirkcudbright
Kirkcudbright, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.The town lies south of Castle Douglas and Dalbeattie, in the part of Dumfries and Galloway known as the Stewartry, at the mouth of the River Dee, some six miles from the sea...
, working on commissions and running their own art schools.