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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"CATTLE LANDSCAPE" TEXAS HILLCOUNTRY, FRAMED 28.5 X 34.5
By Rolla Taylor
Located in San Antonio, TX
Rolla Taylor (1872-1970) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 24 x 30 Frame Size: 28.5 x 34.5 Medium: Oil "Cattle Landscape" Biography Rolla Taylor (1872-1970) Taylor, originally from Galv...
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$2,240Sale Price|20% Off
H 16 in W 20 in D 2 in
Lovely California Landscape Painting by listed artist John Thomas Nolf, ca 1920s
Located in Baltimore, MD
John Thomas Nolf was born in Allentown, Pa. in 1872. He had his academic studies in Chicago at the Art Institute. He exhibited often at the Institute,...
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Moonlight and Mist
By Eliot Clark
Located in Greenville, DE
New York City artist Eliot Candee Clark was well known for his impressionist landscapes. He was the son of painter Walter Clark. Many of his paintin...
Canvas, Oil
Boulevard de la Madeleine
By Édouard Leon Cortès
Located in Greenville, DE
Excellent example of Cortès Paris scene. Provenance: Galerie Haussmann, Paris.Herbert Arnot, Inc., New York, New York (May 29, 1964).Country Store Gallery, Austin, Texas (February 2...
Canvas, Oil
$6,500
H 25 in W 31 in D 2 in
Horse at the Golden Hills, California , Impressionist California landscaper.
By Lynn Gertenbach
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Lynn Gertenbach's "Ride at Golden Hills" is a remarkable oil painting that captures a serene moment of a lady riding a horse under a tree, surrounded by lush grass and vibrant scener...
Oil
"Sheepish" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Sheepish" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impasto painting of a sheep gathered on a green hillside.
Oil, Panel
$2,750
H 16 in W 20 in D 2 in
Antique American Impressionist Landscape Painting - “Willow” by Arthur Hoeber
By Arthur Hoeber
Located in Baltimore, MD
This beautiful American Impressionist oil painting depicts a stately willow tree along the bank of a stream. Artist Arthur Hoeber (1854-1915) used a colo...
Oil
$776
H 5.52 in W 3.15 in
VAN BIESBROECK Jules. Woman in a garden. Oil sketch on cardboard.
By Jules Pierre van Biesbroeck
Located in Paris, FR
Woman in a garden. Oil sketch on cardboard. Unsigned. This work will be recorded in the catalogue raisonné of the work of the artist currently in preparation. Jules Van Biesbroeck was the son of Jules Evariste van Biesbroeck, a painter of Ghent, but was born in Italy, in Portici, near Naples, while his parents were staying there. (In the 19th century many artists made educational trips to Italy). It was a long visit: the child was two years old by the time the family returned to Ghent.[1] After a short period of practice with his father, van Biesbroeck was enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. His first painting, "The Shepherd" (French: Le pâtre), was sold at the Triennale in Ghent. In 1888, when he was only 15 years old, he made his debut at the "Salon des Champs-Elysées" in Paris with his monumental work "The Launch of the Argo" (French: Le lancement...
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Home Safe
By James Gale Tyler
Located in Greenville, DE
Very well executed seascape. Alternate title "In Point" inscribed on the rear. 17 x 15in in frame, including linen liner. ...
Oil, Board
$4,181
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
Bucks County Bridge
Located in Greenville, DE
Outstanding work by Bucks County artist David Hahn. The winter scene is of Bucks County Bridge painted with heavy imposto.
Masonite, Oil
$166,064
H 23.63 in W 28.75 in
'Agay, le château et le Sémaphore'. Oil on canvas. Signed.
By Armand Guillaumin
Located in Paris, FR
'Agay, le château et le Sémaphore'. Oil on canvas. +/- 1922 Signed lower right Measurements : 60 x 73 cm. This painting will be recorded in the second volume of the Catalogue Raisonn...
Oil
$8,512Sale 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
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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