River Landscape
Date1941
Mediumoil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: 14 × 20 inches (35.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from Arts Ashore.
Object number1996.10
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The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextAlthough he spent his childhood in eastern Texas, John W. Taylor began his artistic career in 1916 in the advertising department of the Los Angeles Times. He moved to New York City in 1923, where he painted scene backdrops for movies and eventually found his way to classes with John Sloan and Boardman Robinson at the Art Students League. Taylor and his wife, artist Andrée Ruellan, made several trips to Savannah and Charleston, producing a number of canvases inspired by these journeys.