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Rolla Taylor Oil on canvas Spring Flowers

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Rolla Taylor Oil on canvas Spring Flowers
<B>Rolla Taylor</B></I> (American 1871-1970)<B><BR></B></I><I>Spring Flowers, Floral Still Life<BR></B></I>Oil on canvas<BR>16 x 14 inches (40.6 x 35.6 cm)<BR>Signed lower left <I>Rolla Taylor<BR></B></I>Labeled verso: <I>Spring Flowers/by/Rolla Taylor<BR></B></I> <BR>Rolla Taylor was born in Galveston, Texas, and began painting at the age of 14. Encouraged in his artistic endeavors, Taylor graduated from the Cuero Institute (also known as the Guadalupe Academy or Nash's School, for founder Professor David W. Nash), and went on to study with Robert Jenkins Onderdonk, Jose Arpa, and Theodore Gentilz. He later studied briefly in France, and then with Arthur W. Best in San Francisco, and Frederick Fursman in Michigan. Taylor exhibited extensively for 60 years at numerous local, state and national exhibitions throughout America.<BR><BR>Provenance:<BR>Estate of Rolla Taylor;<BR>By descent to Leann Simpson<BR> <B>Condition Report:</B> Various areas of paint flaking.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Framed - without Glass, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)