Lot 137: Samuel C. Taylor (1870-1944) Artist Model Pencil,

Samuel C. Taylor (1870-1944) Artist Model Pencil, 19 x 12.5cm Provenance: The artist's estate Born in Belfast, Taylor went on to attend the Belfast School of Art following his marriage to Rachel Meikle from Glasgow. Taylor went to live for a time in London. He spent several months each Summer before the war painting in Concarneau and he also attended painting classes with the Irish artist Norman Garstin at Guémere. Taylor exhibited at the Belfast Arts Society in 1891, the RHA between 1896 and 1918 and exhibited five works from Brittany in the 1920 Oireachtas Art Exhibition. At the outbreak of the war, he returned to Northern Ireland and lived in Holywood, Do. Down. He painted little from the 1920's onwards. His work has just recently been rediscovered with two collections of his work coming on the market in the last twelve months to critical acclaim. All these drawings are provenanced from the artist's studio.