Marie Carr Taylor
- BORN
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February 22, 1904
Saint Louis, Missouri
- DIED
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April 17, 1999
Saint Louis, Missouri
- EDUCATION
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St. Louis School of Fine Arts, Washington University
Saint Louis, MissouriArt Students League of New York
New York, New York
Marie Carr Taylor was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 22, 1904. She studied at the Art Students League of New York with Jon Corbino, and at Washington University in St. Louis with Gustav Goetsch and Warren Ludwig from 1923 to 1924. She also studied with painter Jerry Farnsworth in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Marie worked in watercolor and pen and pencil, but she was best known for her sculpture. She began making sculptures in 1945, using natural field stone; many of her sculptures were of animals, reptiles and insects and were small in size. Before carving, Taylor always drew the form she wanted onto the stone. As she worked, she sought to find the form within the stone, by following its natural grain. Her interest in sculpture with natural stone began in her childhood on family vacations to Lake Ontario.
Taylor exhibited her work at and was represented by the Betty Parsons Gallery in New York City beginning in 1951. She also exhibited extensively in St. Louis and received many commissions. Taylor created a carved altar for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Peoria, Illinois, in 1959. She completed commissioned work for the Jefferson Memorial National Expansion, St. Louis Riverfront, in 1967.
In St. Louis, her studio was in the back of her home. She retired in the 1980s and died on April 17, 1999.
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References
Artist clippings file is available at:
“Marie Taylor: Artist File,” St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis Missouri.
Bibliography
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Sam Blain, “Research on Missouri Artists,” five binders of documented Missouri artists.
“Marie Carr Taylor (1904-1999)”, Find A Grave, accessed November 11, 2021,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6242787/marie-carr-taylor.
“Marie Taylor St Louis, Mo, 1904-1999 St. Louis, MO”, Harvard Art Museums, accessed November 11, 2021, https://harvardartmuseums.org/collections/person/28984?person=28984.
Regional Arts Commision, St. Louis. ‘Four Seasons by Marie Carr Taylor,” accessed November 11, 2021,
https://racstl.org/public-art/four-seasons/.
“Marie Taylor: Artist and Rock Sculptor,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 16, 1999, B4.
Lee Hall, “Exhibitions at the Betty Parsons Gallery,” Betty Parsons: Artist, Dealer, Collector. (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1991), 182-187.
Robert W. Duffy, “A Sculptor’s Fascination with Stones: Ex-St. Louisan Marie Taylor Brought Rocks to Life as Small Insects and Reptiles,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 27, 1991.
“Taylor, Marie,” in Glenn B. Optiz, Dictionary of American Sculptors: “18th Century to the Present" (Poughkeepsie: Apollo, 1984), 395.
“Taylor, Marie,” in Who’s Who in American Art, (New York: Jacques Cattell Press/R.R. Bowker Company, 1973), 725.
“Images Sleeping in Field Stone: Marie Taylor’s Sculptures in New York Show,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 9, 1971.
George McCue, “Double Feature at Parson’s Gallery: Walter Barker Paintings, Marie Taylor Sculptures in New York Show,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 18, 1966.
“St. Louisans to Show at Opening of New Art Gallery in Houston,” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, April 24, 1960, 61.
“Sculptures Shown By Marie Taylor,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 28, 1957.
Harry R. Burke, ‘Annual Sculpture Exhibition at Artists’ Guild Impressive,” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, February 26, 1950, 13.
Harry R. Burke, “Wide Variety of Art on View at Museum’s Missouri Show,” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, December 7, 1948, 12A.
Core Reference Sources
askART (database), askART, https://www.askart.com/.
Anita Jacobsen, Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists (Carrollton: A.J. Publications, 2002).
Peter H. Falk, et. al, Who was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America (Madison: Sound View Press, 1999).
Contributors
Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
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References
Artist clippings file is available at:
“Marie Taylor: Artist File,” St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis Missouri.
Bibliography
Select Sources
Sam Blain, “Research on Missouri Artists,” five binders of documented Missouri artists.
“Marie Carr Taylor (1904-1999)”, Find A Grave, accessed November 11, 2021,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6242787/marie-carr-taylor.
“Marie Taylor St Louis, Mo, 1904-1999 St. Louis, MO”, Harvard Art Museums, accessed November 11, 2021, https://harvardartmuseums.org/collections/person/28984?person=28984.
Regional Arts Commision, St. Louis. ‘Four Seasons by Marie Carr Taylor,” accessed November 11, 2021,
https://racstl.org/public-art/four-seasons/.
“Marie Taylor: Artist and Rock Sculptor,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 16, 1999, B4.
Lee Hall, “Exhibitions at the Betty Parsons Gallery,” Betty Parsons: Artist, Dealer, Collector. (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1991), 182-187.
Robert W. Duffy, “A Sculptor’s Fascination with Stones: Ex-St. Louisan Marie Taylor Brought Rocks to Life as Small Insects and Reptiles,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 27, 1991.
“Taylor, Marie,” in Glenn B. Optiz, Dictionary of American Sculptors: “18th Century to the Present" (Poughkeepsie: Apollo, 1984), 395.
“Taylor, Marie,” in Who’s Who in American Art, (New York: Jacques Cattell Press/R.R. Bowker Company, 1973), 725.
“Images Sleeping in Field Stone: Marie Taylor’s Sculptures in New York Show,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 9, 1971.
George McCue, “Double Feature at Parson’s Gallery: Walter Barker Paintings, Marie Taylor Sculptures in New York Show,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 18, 1966.
“St. Louisans to Show at Opening of New Art Gallery in Houston,” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, April 24, 1960, 61.
“Sculptures Shown By Marie Taylor,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 28, 1957.
Harry R. Burke, ‘Annual Sculpture Exhibition at Artists’ Guild Impressive,” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, February 26, 1950, 13.
Harry R. Burke, “Wide Variety of Art on View at Museum’s Missouri Show,” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, December 7, 1948, 12A.
Core Reference Sources
askART (database), askART, https://www.askart.com/.
Anita Jacobsen, Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists (Carrollton: A.J. Publications, 2002).
Peter H. Falk, et. al, Who was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America (Madison: Sound View Press, 1999).
Contributors
Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Artist Record Published
Published on March 4, 2022
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