Monday 12 February 2024

Fred Taylor - part 2

Fred Taylor (1875-1963) was a painter and poster designer, born in London. He studied at Académie Julian in Paris, Goldsmiths’ College School of Art and in Italy, having won a gold medal and travelling scholarship. He did a considerable volume of work for railway and shipping companies and was an official camouflage artist during World War II. He was commissioned by the railways to promote the architectural delights of regional cities, and had the good fortune to be commissioned by the Royal Mail Steamship Company to travel to South America recording his impressions of the voyage. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy and other art society exhibitions, Public galleries in Liverpool and Bristol hold his work. In addition to poster design he designed murals for the Underwriters’ Room at Lloyds and for the Red Lacquer Room at Austin Reed.He lived in London where he was a member of Art Workers’ Guild from 1924.


This is part 2 of 4-part series on the works of Fred Taylor:


1920s Oxford G.W.R. (Great Western Railway)
monochrome lithograph poster

1920s Scarborough Bathing Pool
colour lithograph poster 75.8 x 50.2 cm

1920s Untitled (Gypsy caravan)
colour lithograph poster 101.6 x 152.4 cm
London Transport Museum

1922 By Tram from Hammersmith, Wimbledon
or Shepherd's Bush
colour lithograph poster 101.6 x 63.6 cm
London Transport Museum

1922 Mac Fisheries stores
monochrome advertisement

1923 A South Coast Landscape
colour lithograph poster 101.6 x 152.4 cm
London Transport Museum

1923 Caterham Quarry Hangers by General Motor Bus
colour lithograph poster 101.6 x 63.5 cm
London Transport Museum

1923 Harewood Downs by Motor Bus from
 Uxbridge District Railway
colour lithograph poster 101.6 x 63.5 cm
London Transport Museum

1923 Harewood Downs by Motor Bus
original artwork gouache 70.2 x 58.3 cm
© London Transport Museum collection

1923 Why not visit London Travel for a few days
Travel L.N.E.R.
colour lithograph poster

1923 New Works (London Underground)
colour lithograph poster 101.6 x x 127 cm
London Transport Museum

1923 Scarborough
The London and North Eastern Railway
colour lithograph poster
V&A Museum, London

1923 The  Heart of the Empire
original artwork
pencil and watercolour 101.6 x 127 cm
© London Transport Museum collection

1923 The Heart of the Empire
colour lithograph poster 101.6 x 127 cm
London Transport Museum

1924 Belgium via Harwich
LNER colour lithograph poster

1924 Great Western Railway "Cathedrals"
colour lithograph poster 99.7 x 127 cm

1925 London - London & North Eastern Railway
colour lithograph brochure cover

c1925 St. Williams College, York
colour lithograph poster 102 x 127 cm

1926 At the Garden Club, Bournville (Cadbury's chocolate)
illustration for a booklet on the life and work of the village at Bournville

1926 Bournville 1926 Work and Play
booklet cover for Cadbury's chocolate

1927 Empire Builders
colour lithograph poster 49.6 x 74.7 cm

1927 Fountains Abbey: It's Quicker by Rail Ripon Staiton L.N.E.R.
colour lithograph poster

1927 Historical Portraits
colour lithograph 102 x 152.7 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, UK

1927 Historical Portraits
colour lithograph 102 x 152.7 cm
Manchester Art Gallery, UK

1927 Whitley Bay
Northumbria's Happy Holiday Centre by the Sea
guide cover issued by the Whitley & Monkseaton Urban District Council

c1927 Whitley Bay
L.N.E.R. colour lithograph poster

1928 Belgian Coast
L.N.E.R. brochure cover
two-colour lithograph

1928 Bridlington
L.N.E.R. colour lithograph poster 102 x 126 cm

1928 Petergate, York
L.N.E.R. Railway colour lithograph poster

1928 Whitby
 Captain Cook Embarking 1776
L.N.E.R. colour lithograph poster

1929 Hampton Court by Tram
colour lithograph poster 76.2 x 50.8 cm
London Transport Museum

1929 Hampton Court by Tram
original artwork gouache 76 x 50.5 cm
 London Transport Museum

1929 Hampton Court by Tram
colour lithograph poster 76.2 x 50.8 cm
London Transport Museum

1929 Hampton Court by Tram
colour lithograph poster 76.2 x 50.8 cm
London Transport Museum

1929 Hampton Court by Tram
colour lithograph poster 76.2 x 50.8 cm
London Transport Museum

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