Lura Ann Taylor Explained

Lura Ann Taylor (sometimes Lura Ann Hedrick Taylor or Lura Ann Taylor Hedrick) (1906–1990) was an American printmaker.

A native of Smithville, Missouri, Taylor studied at Southern Methodist University and Texas Woman's University. A member of various art organizations in Dallas,[1] in 1939 she was one of eight women who founded the Printmakers Guild, later called Texas Printmakers, to challenge the male-dominated Lone Star Printmakers; the others were Lucile Land Lacy, Bertha Landers, Stella LaMond, Mary Lightfoot, Verda Ligon, Blanche McVeigh, and Coreen Mary Spellman.[2] She exhibited widely in Texas, and died in Dallas.[1] Taylor's wood engraving Three Old Hens of c. 1947 is owned by the National Gallery of Art,[3] where they are part of the donation made to the museum by Reba and Dave Williams of the Print Research Foundation in 2009.[4] Taylor was the co-author of The Development of Pottery, published by Texas State University for Women in 1937, and illustrated a handful of histories of Texas written by Bertha Mae Cox and published in the 1940s.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Paula L. Grauer. Michael R. Grauer. Dictionary of Texas Artists, 1800–1945. registration. 1999. Texas A&M University Press. 978-0-89096-861-1. 55–.
  2. Book: Katie Robinson Edwards. Midcentury Modern Art in Texas. 1 July 2014. University of Texas Press. 978-0-292-75659-5. 54–.
  3. Web site: Three Old Hens. www.nga.gov. 6 March 2018.
  4. Web site: Reba and Dave Williams Collection. www.nga.gov. 6 March 2018.
  5. Web site: Lura Ann Taylor – Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Lura Ann Taylor. www.askart.com. 6 March 2018.