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HOWARD TAYLOR

1918 Born Hamilton, Victoria

HOWARD TAYLOR 1918 - 2001
1918 Born Hamilton, Victoria, 29 August
Lives in South Australia up to 1932; moving then to Western Australia , studying at Perth Modern School
1938 Graduates Flying Training School, Pt. Cook, R.A.A.F. Awarded Sword of Honour as pilot of the year and goes to RAF UK
1939-40 Serves with R.A.F. in France
1940-45 Interned as a World War II prisoner of war from 19 May 1940 until the end of the war, in POW camps
Dulag Luft Oberwesel, Oflag IXA Spangenberg, Oflag VIBWarburg and Stalag Luft III Sagan (Germany) and
Stalag XXA Thorn and Oflag XXIB Schubin (Poland). Returns to Perth November 1945
1946 Demobilised from RAAF, returns to England marrying Sheila Smith. Enrols as part-time student at Birmingham College of Art on RAAF rehabilitation grant
1946-48 Studies at Birmingham College of Art
1949 Returns with family to Perth, Western Australia, settles in Bickley and has first solo exhibition at Newspaper House, Perth
1967 Moves to Northcliffe, Western Australia

WA TEACHING
1951-65 Painting and Drawing at Perth Technical College
1965-69 Painting, Drawing and Sculpture at School of Architecture, W.A.I.T. (now Curtin University of Technology)
1970 Drawing, Art and Design, W.A.I.T.
Drawing, School of Architecture, University of Western Australia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1949 Oils, Egg Tempera and Watercolours by Howard Hamilton Taylor, Newspaper House Gallery, Perth
1951 Howard H. Taylor: Aprivate View of his Paintings (in oils, egg tempera and watercolours, The Lesser Hall, Northam
1957 Paintings, Sculptures and Reliefs, Library, Adult Education Building Perth
1960 Paintings by Howard Taylor, Skinner Galleries, Perth
1963 Paintings, Drawings and Reliefs, Skinner Galleries, Perth
1963 Western Australian Pavilion, Sydney Trade Fair, Sydney
1967 Sale by Auction of Paintings and Sculpture by Howard Taylor, Artist’s Home ‘Aldersyde’, Bickley
1970 Sculptures by Howard Taylor, Skinner Galleries, Perth
1971 Sculptures by Howard Taylor, Festival of Perth Exhibition, University of Western Australia
1974 Paintings, Skinner Galleries, Perth
1977 Paintings and Sculptures, Undercroft Gallery, University of Western Australia
1978 Figures in Landscape, Paintings, Sculptures and Drawings, W.A.I.T., Perth
1978 Paintings, Sculptures and Drawings, Coventry Gallery, Sydney
1981 Paintings, Sculptures and Drawings, Quentin Gallery, Perth
1982 Paintings, Sculptures and Drawings, Old Court House Centre, Busselton
1985 Sculptures, Paintings, Drawings 1942-1984, Art Gallery of Western Australia
1986 Howard Taylor: Skeletal Remains, Nolan Room, Undercroft Gallery, The University of Western Australia
1988 OBJECT - SPACE - FIGURE - GROUND, Recent Paintings and Drawings, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
1989 Flowers, Pastels and Oils on Paper, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
1990 Paintings and Pastels, Festival of Perth Exhibition, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
1992 Howard Taylor: In Private Hands Erica Underwood Gallery, Curtin University of Technology
1993 Howard Taylor Maquettes, Studies and Finished Work 1970’s and 1980’s, Art Gallery of Western Australia
1993 Drawings and Paintings, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
1995 Constructions - Paintings - Drawings - Maquettes Festival of Perth Exhibition, Galerie Düsseldorf, Inaugural Exhibition new Galerie Düsseldorf Building
1996 Howard Taylor Art Gallery of Western Australia
1996 Paintings and Drawings, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
1996 Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne. 2-6 October.Galerie Düsseldorf Stand No.7
1998 Howard Taylor, Art Gallery of Western Australia
1998 Paintings - Sculptures - Drawings, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
1999 Howard Taylor : Paintings and Drawings, Annandale Galleries, Sydney, in association with Galerie Düsseldorf
1999 Significant Works from the 60’s, Paintings - Sculpture - Drawings, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
2000 Recent Work : Wall Sculptures - Paintings - Drawings, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
2001 Howard Taylor: P.O.W. Drawings, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology, Perth
2001 Forest Radiance, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology, Perth
2001 Galerie Düsseldorf | 25th Anniversary | A Dedicated Tribute | Howard Taylor 1918-2001, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
2002 Howard Taylor: Paintings - Maquettes - Drawings, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
2003 Howard Taylor: Phenomena. Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney 17 September – 30 October;
2004 Howard Taylor: Phenomena. Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth International Arts Festival 5 February – 2 May 2004.
Touring Australia 2003/06, Sydney, Perth. Regional Art Galleries: Mornington, Brisbane, Cairns, Armidale, Hobart, Orange, Bunbury and Geraldton
2004 Howard Taylor: Paintings - Maquettes - Drawings, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth, Perth International Arts Festival
2006 Howard Taylor : Tracing the Sublime - Major Paintings - Constructions - Drawings - Maquettes, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
2008 Howard Taylor : Paintings - Constructions - Drawings - Maquettes, Annandale Galleries, Sydney NSW
2010 Howard Taylor : Constructions - Sculptures - Maquettes - Paintings - Drawings, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
2013 Howard Taylor (1918-2001) Discovery - Development - Ideas [1946 - 2001] A comprehensive exhibition of Constructions, Paintings, Drawings and Maquettes,
including many previously un-exhibited early sketches, notations and schematic diagrams. Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth. 10 March - 21 April.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1949 Annual Art Competition, Art Gallery of Western Australia
1950 Annual Art Competition, Art Gallery of Western Australia
1951 For the Heart’s Sake: Exhibition of Oil and Watercolours to help the ‘National Heart Foundation Appeal, Claude Hotchin Art Gallery, Boans Ltd, Perth
1951 Annual Art Competition and Commonwealth Jubilee Open Art Competition, Art Gallery of Western Australia
1951 Western Australian Jubilee Exhibition of Paintings, Art Gallery of Western Australia 17–27 July.
1953 Annual Art Competition, Art Gallery of Western Australia July–August.
1954 Festival Exhibition of Contemporary Australian Art, Art Gallery of Western Australia
1955 The Perth Prize for Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of Western Australia
1956 First Festival of Perth Open-Air Art Exhibition, Supreme Court Gardens, Perth
1957 First Tasmanian Art Gallery Exhibition, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
1957 The Perth Prize for Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of Western Australia
1958 Second Tasmanian Art Gallery Exhibition, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
1962 Painters’ Progress, Art Gallery of Western Australia
1963 The Perth Prize 1963, Art Gallery of Western Australia
1963 Seventh Tasmanian Art Gallery Exhibition, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
1963 Paintings from the West: 14 Western Australian Painters, Museum of Modern Art and Design of Australia, Melbourne
1964 Recent Acquisitions 1963–1964, Art Gallery of Western Australia
1965 Save the Children Fund Art Exhibition, home of Mrs L Brodie-Hall, Gooseberry Hil, WA
1968 Western Australian Artists, Old Fire Station Gallery, Perth
1972 Annual Invitation Art Exhibition for Original Prints and Drawings, Architecture Building,Western Australian Institute of Technology
1972 Sixteenth Tasmanian Art Gallery Exhibition, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
1973 Annual Invitation Art Exhibition,Western Australian Institute of Technology, Perth
1974 Western Australian Artists, Art Gallery of Western Australia
1975 Western Australian Artists 1960–1975, Art Gallery of Western Australia
1979 Sculpture in the City II,Western Australian Sculptors Association, Perth
1979 Selections from the Graylands Teachers College Art Collection, Undercroft Art Gallery,The University of Western Australia, Perth
1980 Perceptions Gallery, Adelaide
1981 Robert Holmes à Court Collection, Greenhill Gallery, Perth August.
1981 The Salec Minc Collection, Undercroft Art Gallery,The University of Western Australia, Perth
1982 Critics Choice Art Gallery of Western Australia
1982 The Foulkes Taylor Years Invitation Exhibition organized by WAIT (now Curtin University), Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
1983 Western Australian Paperworks, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Queens Park Theatre, Geraldton, Claude Hotchkin Art Gallery, Albany
Golden Mile Art Gallery, Kalgoorlie, Bunbury City Art Gallary, Bunbury, WA
1984 The W.A.I.T. Collection 1968-1983, Art Gallery of Western Australia
1984 Australian Sculpture from the Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia
1987 Western Australian Art and Artists 1900 - 1950, Art Gllery of Western Australia, Bunbury Regional Art Galleries, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery
1987 Among the Souvenirs Western Australian Art in the Eighties, Art Gallery of Western Australia
1987 Third Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria
1987 Thirteen Artists at Galerie Düsseldorf’, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
1988 The Great Australian Art Exhibition 1788 - 1988, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Art Gallery of South Australia
1988 Western Australian Artists, Parliament House, Perth
1988 First Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, (Represented by Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth)
1989 Heidelberg and Heritage Two Visions of Australia - One Hundred Years Apart, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
1989 Provincialism and Modernism in Perth, Undercroft Gallery, University of Western Australia
1990 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia
1990 What Images return: Australian Art Since 1940, Art Gallery of Western Australia
1990 Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, (Represented by Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth)
1991 The Constable Collection, Lawrence Wilson Gallery, University of Western Australia
1991 The Skinner Collection, Lawrence Wilson Gallery, University of Western Australia
1991 A Backward Glance Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
1991 90 Years: A Retrospective Exhibition of Art from Perth Technical College, Alexander Library, Perth
1993 Shaping Western Australia, Art Gallery of Western Australia
1993 The Joan and Peter Clemenger Triennial Exhibition of Contemporary Australian Art , National Gallery of Victoria
1993 The Constable Collection Lawrence, Wilson Gallery, University of Western Australia
1994 Tangerine Dreams: A Matter of Western Australian Style 1970 - 1980, Lawrence Wilson Gallery, University of Western Australia
1994 At the Front, Art Gallery of Western Australia
1994 Recent Acquisitions, Edith Cowan University, Perth
1994 Aurora, Craftwest Gallery, Perth
1994 The Stein Collection, Lawrence Wilson Gallery, University of Western Australia
1995 One Hundred Years: Western Australian Sculpture 1895 - 1995, Art Gallery of Western Australia
1995 Recent Acquisitions, Edith Cowan University, Perth
1996 Out of Australia: 61 Western Australian Artists, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth
1996 The Way we Were : 1940s - 1950s Lawrence Wilson Gallery, University of Western Australia
1996 Spirit and Place, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
1996 Howard Taylor, Australian Contemporary Art Fair 5 (ACAF5), Melbourne
1997 I had a dream, Australian Art in the 1960’s, National gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1997 Immaterial Landscape, Art Gallery of western Australia
1997 Swingtime: East Coast - West Coast, Works from the 1960’s - 70’s in the University of Western Australia Art Collection
The Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia
1997 Galerie Düsseldorf - 21 Years On, Galerie Düsseldorf. Perth
1997 Large Scale Paintings from the Holmes a Court Collection , Cullity Gallery, University of Western Australia
1998 The Curtin Collection: 1968 - 1998, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology, WA, Goldfields Arts Centre Gallery, Kaalgoorlie, WA
1998 Material Perfection: Minimal Art and Its Aftermath - Selected from the Kerry Stokes Collection, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia
1998 There was a Presence, Mundaring Arts Centre, Mudaring, Perth
1998 The Australian Drawing Biennale, The Australian National University Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra; Lawrence Wilson Gallery, University of Western Australia
University Art Museum, The University of Queensland, Brisbane
1999 Distant Horizons, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology, WA
1999 The Australian Paper Art Awards 1999, George Adams Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne; The Australian National University Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
UTS Gallery, University of Technology, Sydney
2000 The Colour of Water, Perth International Arts Festival, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
2000 Australian Painting Now, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology, WA
2000 Western Australian Historical Paintings, Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Perth
2000 Side by Side, Art Gallery of Western Australia
2000 Now and Then: A Hundred Years of Art and Design from Perth Technical College to Central Metroploitan College of TAFE, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth
Goldfields Arts Centre Gallery, Kalgoorlie; Katanning Gallery, Katanning; Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Mandurah; Geraldton Regional Art Gallery
Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany; The Cannery Arts Centre, Esperance; Bunbury Regioanl Art Galleries, Bunbury; International Arts Space, Kellerberin
Works from The Holmes á Court Collection, Holmes á Court Gallery, Perth
2001 Federation: Australian Art and Society 1901 - 2001, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Lawrence Wilson Gallery, University of Western Australia
2001 Passages in Landscape: Selected Works from the Holmes á Court Collection, Holmes á Court Gallery, Perth
2001 Phenomena New Painting in Australia : 1, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2001 Minimal: Selected Works from the Holmes á Court Collection, Holmes á Court Gallery, Perth
2001 Different Strokes from The Holmes á Court Collection, Holmes á Court Gallery, Perth
2001 Australian and New Zealand Paintings: Martin Browne Fina Art, Sydney
2002 Phenomena New Painting in Australia : Ian Potter Art Gallery, Melbourne
2002 Commited to the Present: 50 Years of the UWA Art Collection, The Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia
2002 Collectors Show, Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Perth
2002 The Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art - APT 2002, Queensland Art Gallery
2003 Sublime: 25 Years of the Wesfarmers Collection of Australian Art, Art Gallery of Western Australia; Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, Geraldton
Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns; Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne; Mornington Peninsula Gallery, Mornington; Brisbane City Hall Gallery, Brisbane
New England Regional Art Gallery,Armidale; Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart; Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, Bunbury.
2003 Reflect/Refract, Art Gallery of Western Australia
2003 A New Outfit: Australian Artists Redress Modernism, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery,The University of Western Australia
2003 Recent Additions to The UWA Art Collection, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery,The University of Western Australia
2003 Paper Matters, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery,The University of Western Australia, Perth
2004 Clouded Over, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery,The University of Western Australia, Perth
2006 Australia and Constable, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
2006 Museum of Ne Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand
2009 Conversations : 100 artists in the UWA Art Collection, Lawrence Wilson Gallery, University of Western Australia
2012 Luminous World : Contemporary Art from The Wesfarmers Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia 20 October 2012 - 11 February 2013

COMMISSIONS
1960 Fremantle Passenger Terminal, 4 Mural Works
1961 T & G Building, Perth, Sculpture and Interior Design
1963 Western Australian Pavillion, Sydney Trade Fair, Sculpture Panels
1964 St. Peter the Apostle, Roman Catholic Church, Inglewood, Relief
1964 Fremantle Port Authority, Administration Building, Fremantle, Mosaic/Painting/Assemblage
1965 ANZ House, Perth, Sculpture and Relief
1967 ANZ Bank, Bunbury, Relief
1969 Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth, Children’s Colour Design Wall Decorations
1971 W.A.I.T., Robertson Library, Painted Sculpture
1975 AMP Building, Perth, Concrete and Mosaic Sculpture The Black Stump
1978 W.A.I.T., Atkinson Forum, Perth, Wood Sculpture Way Through
1980 City of Bunbury, Wood Sculpture Forest Trees
1989 New Parliament House Canberra, Wood Sculpture for Formal Gardens, Compass and Perspective
Members Entrance Side. Gift from the Western Australian Parliament
1989/90 University of Western Australia, Painting
2000/01 Curtin University of Technology, Refabrication of ‘Way Through’, public sculpture.

AWARDS
1975 Western Australian Arts Council Fellowship
1977 W.A.I.T. Artist-in-Residence
1978 Visual Arts Board, Australia Council Grant
1986 Australia Council Inaugural Emeritus Award
1989 Member of the Order of Australia
1991 Fellow, Curtin University of Technology, Perth WA
1993 Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of Western Australia
1999 Living Treasures Award, Western Australian State Government
2000 Lifetime Achievement Award, Citizen of the Year, Western Australian State Government
2001 Honorary Doctor of Technology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth WA

COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of Western Australia, University of Western Australia, City of Bunbury
Curtin University of Technology, Edith Cowan University, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Parliament House Collection, Canberra
The Janet Holmes á Court Collection, The Christensen Fund, Ian and Sue Bernadt Collection, Fremantle Port Authority, Guildford Grammar School
Salek Minc Collection, Bunbury Regional Art Galleries, State Library of Western Australia, Benedictine Community of New Norcia
Australian War Memorial, Art Gallery of South Australia, BankWest, Art Gallery of New South Wales, James Browne House, Osborne Park
Chartwell Collection Hamilton New Zealand, City of Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, Victoria, Library and Information Service of Western Australia
New Parliament House, Canberra , National Gallery of Victoria, Wesfarmers Collection, Sir James and Lady Cruthers Collection
Kerry Stokes Collection, Royal Perth Hospital, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Queensland Art Gallery