Rolla Taylor was born in 1872. Taylor, originally from Galveston, Texas, started painting at the age of 14. Before arriving in San Antonio, Texas in 1889, the Taylor family spent several years in Houston and then traveled to Cuero, Texas by covered wagon. Taylor graduated from the Cuero Institute and later studied in San Antonio with Robert Jenkins Onderdonk, Jose Arpa and Theodore Gentilz. Later, he studied in France for 3 months with Arthur W. Best in San Francisco and Frederick Fursimman in Michigan. Taylor was a personal friend of the artist Julian Onderdonk. Taylor exhibited frequently for 60 years, including local, state and numerous national exhibitions throughout America. His first exhibit was in San Antonio in 1894, at which he won first prize of $500 and later sold the painting for another $500. He painted in the impressionist style, lively with color and flooded with sunlight, which represents Jose Arpa’s influence. His subjects were mostly old buildings, shacks, landscapes, San Antonio River scenes, missions of San Antonio, blooming cactus and scenes of old Mexico. During his earliest years, his subjects would be a pair of shoes, a cat, some books, Mexican jugs or anything in the home. Many of his local paintings are now of historic interest that recorded buildings that no longer exist. His memberships include American Federation of Arts; Chicago Society of Artists; Society of Independent Artists in New York; San Antonio Art League; Southern States Art League; River Art Group; Coppini Academy of Fine Arts and Leon Springs Art Colony.
"Bluebonnet" Texas Wildflowers
By Rolla Taylor
Located in San Antonio, TX
Rolla Taylor (1872-1970) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 24 x 30 Frame Size: 30.25 x 36.5 Medium: Oil on Canvas Circa 1920s/30s "Bluebonnets" Biography Rolla Taylor (187...
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$2,973
H 31.89 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in
"The Naked Soil", Sweeping Ochre Farmland Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
A deep ochre warmth spreads across this generously scaled oil on canvas, measuring H 31.9 in x W 39.4 in x D 0.8 in, pulling the eye across an undulating rural landscape that breathe...
Canvas, Oil
$1,504
H 18.9 in W 22.45 in D 1.58 in
"Puy d'Aoust", Impressionist Hilly Landscape Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork is a unique masterpiece. Isn't it amazing how that few a number of strokes can depict reality with such accuracy ? A single stroke is more than enough for Yves Calmeja...
Canvas, Oil
$4,162
H 20.08 in W 28.75 in D 1.19 in
Italian Impressionist Oil on Board Marine Landscape Painting Naples Bay View
By Francesco Coppola Castaldo
Located in Firenze, IT
Everyday fishermen life is captured in this wonderful Italian impressionist late 19th century oil painting on thin board titled fishermen ashore. We love the neutral and natural colo...
Oil, Board
$3,829
H 44.89 in W 57.49 in
"The Path of Playing Hooky", French Countryside Way Through Fields Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
"The Path of Playing Hooky" ("Le chemin de l'école buissonnière"), by Yves Calméjane, is an evocative oil on canvas that sweeps the viewer into the pastoral tranquility of the Dordog...
Canvas, Oil
$8,474Sale Price|25% Off
H 51.19 in W 33.47 in D 1.19 in
Venice Landscape Italian Oil on Canvas Painting in Gilt Wood Frame, Belle Epoque
Located in Firenze, IT
This delightful turn of the century (early 20th century) oil on canvas painting represents an Italian landscape with one of the most famous squares in the world: Piazza San Marco in ...
Canvas, Oil
$3,419
H 38.19 in W 51.19 in
"The Fierce Seasons", Bold Fauvist Autumn Landscape Oil on Canvas
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork draws the viewer down a winding country track flanked by shrubs and trees ablaze in the full drama of autumn. The rutted path, catching a pale glint of light, curves bac...
Canvas, Oil
$2,117
H 23.63 in W 28.75 in
"Autumn Road", Rural Landscape with Cows Impressionist Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork depicts a rural landscape, with cows in a prairie, a fence in the foreground, a farm in the background, and fall colors. Yves Calméjane usually uses light impasto techn...
Canvas, Oil
$5,000
H 20.75 in W 31.75 in D 2.25 in
Lake Como oil painting, Lake Como on canvas, Narek Arakelyan.
By Narek Arakelyan
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
This vibrant and atmospheric oil painting by Narek Arakelyan beautifully captures the charm of Lake Como with its luminous water, sunlit architecture, and serene boats gliding across...
Oil
$3,916Sale Price|20% Off
H 20 in W 24 in
Paul Grimm Original Painting Seven Sister Santa Inez Valley Oil on Canvas Signed
By Paul Grimm
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Paul Grimm – Seven Sisters, 1968 Oil on canvas Size: 24 x 20 inches With frame: 30 x 26 inches Condition: Mint Painted in the Santa Ynez Valley near Santa Barbara, the work “Seven S...
Oil, Canvas
$2,973
H 31.89 in W 39.38 in
"From the Field to the Red Hill", Vibrant Impressionist Oil Landscape Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This painting is a luminous oil on canvas landscape capturing a stretch of rural countryside under a pale, wind-streaked sky, rendered with the quiet attentiveness of an artist who h...
Canvas, Oil
$2,117
H 23.63 in W 28.75 in D 0.79 in
"Lord de Borias Married His Daughter", Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This painting has an interesting backstory. Borias is a French locality of the Livradois-Forez, between Augerolles and the Brugeron. The artist was painting this artwork, when the ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,117
H 23.63 in W 28.75 in
"The White Theater", Winter Rural Landscape Impressionist Oil Painting
By Yves Calméjane
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork depicts a rural landscape in winter, covered with snow. The cold weather can almost be felt through the frozen sky. Yves Calméjane usually uses light impasto technique...
Canvas, Oil
Texas Countryside
By Rolla Taylor
Located in Houston, TX
Born in 1872 in Galveston, Texas, Rolla Sims Taylor started painting at the age of 14. The Taylor family then spent several years in Houston before ...
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H 28 in W 32 in D 6 in
"Side Street to San Fernando Cathedral" San Antonio Texas 1922 & Old City Hall
By Rolla Taylor
Located in San Antonio, TX
Rolla Taylor (1872-1970) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 20.5 x 14 Frame Size: 27 x 21 Medium: Oil 1922 "Side Street to San Fernando Cathedral" San Antonio Texas Please view my 1stdibs store front for other Great Vintage Texas Paintings...
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"El Capitan Mountain" Guadalupe Mountains Texas
By Rolla Taylor
Located in San Antonio, TX
Rolla Taylor (1872-1970) "El Capitan Mountain" Texas Peak Guadalupe Mountains. San Antonio Artist Image Size: 9 x 12 Frame Size: 13.5 x 16.5 Mediu...
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H 16 in W 20 in D 3 in
"The Studio" To General Waitt Early San Antonio Texas Shack
By Rolla Taylor
Located in San Antonio, TX
Rolla Taylor (1872-1970) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 12 x 16 Frame Size: 15 x 19 Medium: Oil Circa 1930 "The Studio" To General Waitt Biography Rolla Taylor (1872-1970) ...
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H 16 in W 20 in D 3 in
"Little Patio, Monterrey Mexico" Exquisite shadowing and impasto
By Rolla Taylor
Located in San Antonio, TX
Rolla Taylor (1872-1970) San Antonio Artist , Image Size: 12 x 16 Frame Size: 16 x 20 Medium: oil 1934 "Little Patio Monterrey , Mexico" Biography Rolla Taylor (1872-1970) T...
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H 25 in W 22 in D 4 in
"The Old Mill Castroville Texas" At the Landmark Inn
By Rolla Taylor
Located in San Antonio, TX
Rolla Taylor (1872-1970) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 20 x 16 Frame Size: 25.5 x 21.25 Medium: Oil 1940s "The Mill House Landmark Inn Castroville Tex...
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H 28 in W 32 in D 7 in
"Rockport Texas Shrimp Boats" Mary Ann by Rolla Taylor (1872-1970)
By Rolla Taylor
Located in San Antonio, TX
Rolla Taylor (1872-1970) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 20 x 24 Frame Size: 28 x 32 Medium: Oil "Shrimp Boats" Biography Rolla Taylor (18...
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H 16 in W 20 in D 7 in
"Garden of the Gods, Pikes Peak" Colorado Landscape Rolla Taylor (1872-1970)
By Rolla Taylor
Located in San Antonio, TX
Rolla Taylor (1872-1970) San Antonio, Texas Artist Image Size: 10 x 14 Frame Size: 15 x 19 Medium: Oil Circa 1950 "Garden of the Gods/Pikes Pe...
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