Biography
He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1853. He studied at the Académie Julian, in Paris, and in 1885 went to Barbizon to paint. He returned to America in either 1888 or in 1889, and established his studio in New York City.
Between 1898 and 1908 he resided in Cos Cob, Connecticut. He was part of the Cos Cob Art Colony, where did some painting but did not show his work. Among his visitors there were John Twachtman, Childe Hassam, Willa Cather, Arthur B. Davies, George Luks, and Walt Kuhn; many of these acquaintances would come to play an important role in Taylor's life as an artist.
He married Clara Sidney Potter Davidge, the daughter of Bishop Henry Codman Potter, in 1912. They moved to her estate on Staten Island.
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