Rolla Sims Taylor
1872-1970
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BORN IN
Galveston, Texas
KNOWN FOR
Town-landscape painting, etching
Rolla Sims Taylor, originally from Galveston, Texas, started painting at the age of 14. Before arriving in San Antonio, Texas in 1889, the Taylor family spent several years in Houston and then traveled to Cuero, Texas by covered wagon.
Taylor graduated from the Cuero Institute and later studied in San Antonio with Robert Jenkins Onderdonk, Jose Arpa and Theodore Gentilz. Later he studied in France for 3 months, and with Arthur W. Best in San Francisco, and Frederick Fursman in Michigan. Taylor was a personal friend of the artist Julian Onderdonk.
Taylor exhibited frequently for 60 years, including local, state and numerous national exhibitions throughout America.
