Henry Fitch Taylor was an American artist.

Biography

He was born in Cincinnati in 1853. He studied at the Académie Julian

Académie Julian

The Académie Julian was an art school in Paris, France.Rodolphe Julian established the Académie Julian in 1868 at the Passage des Panoramas, as a private studio school for art students. The Académie Julian not only prepared students to the exams at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts, but offered...

, in Paris

Paris

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. He returned to America in either 1888 or in 1889, and established his studio in New York City

New York City

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. He was part of the Cos Cob Art Colony

Cos Cob Art Colony

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He married Clara Sidney Potter Davidge, the daughter of Henry Codman Potter

Henry Codman Potter

Henry Codman Potter was a bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States. He was the seventh Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.-Life:...

 in 1912. They moved to her estate on Staten Island

Staten Island

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In 1921 his wife drowned.

He died in 1925.