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'''Tom Taylor''' (1925–1994) was a [[New Zealand]] sculptor, architect, and Head of Sculpture at the [[University of Canterbury]]. |
'''Tom Taylor''' (1925–1994) was a [[New Zealand]] sculptor, architect, and Head of Sculpture at the [[University of Canterbury]]. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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Tom Taylor was born in [[Christchurch]] and matriculated from [[St Kevin's College, Oamaru|St. Kevin's College]], [[Oamaru]] in 1939. He joined the [[Royal New Zealand Navy]] and served overseas from 1943 to 1945. Taylor studied architecture at Canterbury University College for two years before taking up sculpture.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 July 1994 |title=Mr Tom Taylor, Sculptor |work=The Press (Christchurch)}}</ref> In 1961 he became a full-time lecturer and eventually Head of Sculpture at the |
Tom Taylor was born in [[Christchurch]] and matriculated from [[St Kevin's College, Oamaru|St. Kevin's College]], [[Oamaru]] in 1939. He joined the [[Royal New Zealand Navy]] and served overseas from 1943 to 1945. Taylor studied architecture at Canterbury University College for two years before taking up sculpture.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 July 1994 |title=Mr Tom Taylor, Sculptor |work=The Press (Christchurch)}}</ref> In 1961 he became a full-time lecturer and eventually Head of Sculpture at the [[University of Canterbury]]'s [[Canterbury School of Fine Arts|School of Fine Arts]] where he taught until 1990. |
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A number of students who became well-known sculptors passed through the department under Taylor's tutelage. They include [[Chris Booth]], Paul Cullen, [[Bing Dawe]], [[Neil Dawson]], John Panting, [[Phil Price (sculptor)|Phil Price]], [[Pauline Rhodes]], Carl Sydow, [[Merylyn Tweedie]] and Boyd Webb.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155531143 |title=A concise history of art in Canterbury 1850-2000. |date=2000 |publisher=Robert McDougall Art Gallery |others=Neil Roberts, Felicity Milburn, Robert McDougall Art Gallery |isbn=0-908874-91-X |location=Christchurch, N.Z. |pages=68 |oclc=155531143}}</ref> Neil Dawson recalled Taylor as "… a very complex individual, a fiercely intelligent man who introduced us to a world beyond art and sculpture and brought a new scope to our practice. He was tough but he made you confront yourself. He set challenges which would last for the rest of your life - and you can't ask for more than that from your teacher."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moore |first=Christopher |date=10 June 2013 |title=Conjuring space and freedom |work=The Press (Christchurch) |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/city-centre/8771638/Conjuring-space-and-freedom}}</ref> Taylor was also closely connected to the Christchurch art scene. He exhibited with [[The Group (New Zealand art)|The Group]] in 1963, 1965 and 1966<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Group: Catalogues |url=https://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Publications/Art/TheGroup/ |access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref> and in 1968 helped colleague John Coley set up 20-20 Vision, an artist collective that produced a number of exhibitions and prints.<ref>{{Cite web |title=20:20 Vision |url=https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/about/library/bulletin-magazine/bulletin-24 |access-date=17 April 2023}}</ref> The same year Taylor was awarded a Guthrey Travel Grant to Australia where he was influenced by the work of Australian sculptor [[Clement Meadmore]].<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1968 |title=Tom Taylor: Recent Sculpture |journal=Ascent: A Journal of Arts in New Zealand |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=30–31}}</ref> In 1969 Taylor was granted a [[Creative New Zealand|Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council]] Travel Grant to visit Verona and Munich and study bronze and steel sculpture techniques with the Italian artist Quinto Ghermandi and the German Ruldolf Hoffenher.<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 May 1968 |title=Arts Council Grants |pages=18 |work=The Press (Christchurch)}}</ref> Taylor was also involved in designing sets for a number of Christchurch theatre productions.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 November 1972 |title=‘Peer Gynt’ for Hay Theatre |pages=10 |work=The Press (Christchurch)}}</ref> |
A number of students who became well-known sculptors passed through the department under Taylor's tutelage. They include [[Chris Booth]], Paul Cullen, [[Bing Dawe]], [[Neil Dawson]], [[John Panting]], [[Phil Price (sculptor)|Phil Price]], [[Pauline Rhodes]], Carl Sydow, [[Merylyn Tweedie]] and [[Boyd Webb]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155531143 |title=A concise history of art in Canterbury 1850-2000. |date=2000 |publisher=Robert McDougall Art Gallery |others=Neil Roberts, Felicity Milburn, Robert McDougall Art Gallery |isbn=0-908874-91-X |location=Christchurch, N.Z. |pages=68 |oclc=155531143}}</ref> Neil Dawson recalled Taylor as "… a very complex individual, a fiercely intelligent man who introduced us to a world beyond art and sculpture and brought a new scope to our practice. He was tough but he made you confront yourself. He set challenges which would last for the rest of your life - and you can't ask for more than that from your teacher."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moore |first=Christopher |date=10 June 2013 |title=Conjuring space and freedom |work=The Press (Christchurch) |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/city-centre/8771638/Conjuring-space-and-freedom}}</ref> Taylor was also closely connected to the Christchurch art scene. He exhibited with [[The Group (New Zealand art)|The Group]] in 1963, 1965 and 1966<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Group: Catalogues |url=https://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Publications/Art/TheGroup/ |access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref> and in 1968 helped colleague [[John Coley]] set up 20-20 Vision, an artist collective that produced a number of exhibitions and prints.<ref>{{Cite web |title=20:20 Vision |url=https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/about/library/bulletin-magazine/bulletin-24 |access-date=17 April 2023}}</ref> The same year Taylor was awarded a Guthrey Travel Grant to Australia where he was influenced by the work of Australian sculptor [[Clement Meadmore]].<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1968 |title=Tom Taylor: Recent Sculpture |journal=Ascent: A Journal of Arts in New Zealand |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=30–31}}</ref> In 1969 Taylor was granted a [[Creative New Zealand|Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council]] Travel Grant to visit Verona and Munich and study bronze and steel sculpture techniques with the Italian artist Quinto Ghermandi and the German Ruldolf Hoffenher.<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 May 1968 |title=Arts Council Grants |pages=18 |work=The Press (Christchurch)}}</ref> Taylor was also involved in designing sets for a number of Christchurch theatre productions.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 November 1972 |title=‘Peer Gynt’ for Hay Theatre |pages=10 |work=The Press (Christchurch)}}</ref> |
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== Architecture == |
== Architecture == |
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Although he only trained for two years, Taylor designed a number of houses including [[Sutton House (Christchurch)|Sutton House]], which has been listed as a Category I Heritage Building by the [[New Zealand Historic Places Trust]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Walton |first=Steven |date=10 March 2022 |title=Historic Bill Sutton House Formally Recognised as Category I Heritage Building |work=The Press (Christchurch) |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/128017782/historic-bill-sutton-house-formally-recognised-as-category-1-heritage-building}}</ref> The Sutton House was built in 1963 at 20 Templar Street, Christchurch as a home and studio for |
Although he only trained for two years, Taylor designed a number of houses including the [[Sutton House (Christchurch)|Sutton House]], which has been listed as a Category I Heritage Building by the [[New Zealand Historic Places Trust]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Walton |first=Steven |date=10 March 2022 |title=Historic Bill Sutton House Formally Recognised as Category I Heritage Building |work=The Press (Christchurch) |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/128017782/historic-bill-sutton-house-formally-recognised-as-category-1-heritage-building}}</ref> The Sutton House was built in 1963 at 20 Templar Street, Christchurch as a home and studio for painter [[Bill Sutton (artist)|Bill Sutton]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sutton House and Garden |url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/listdetails/9845/Sutton%20House%20and%20Garden |access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref> Sutton and Taylor both taught at the art school and were friends. (Taylor is the model in one of Sutton's well known paintings ''Saint Sebastian'' that featured in the Sutton retrospective as catalogue number 19)<ref>{{Cite web |title=W.A.Sutton: A Retrospective |url=https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/about/library/publications/wa-sutton-a-retrospective |access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref> The house was slated for demolition after the [[2010 Christchurch earthquake]] but was saved by a public campaign and is now an artist's residency run by the [[Christchurch Art Gallery]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Law |first=Tina |date=7 March 2021 |title=Art is once again being created at Bill Sutton's former home |work=The Press (Christchurch) |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/124461252/art-is-once-again-being-created-at-bill-suttons-former-home}}</ref> Taylor also designed a house for well-known children's writer [[Margaret Mahy]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 November 2021 |title=Margaret Mahy's former Banks Peninsula home relisted after community bid fails |work=Otago Daily Times}}</ref> and a studio for another colleague, the painter [[Doris Lusk]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 Mar 2022 |title=Sutton House and garden Listed as Category I Historic Place |url=https://architecturenow.co.nz/articles/sutton-house-listed-as-category-1-historic-place/ |access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref> Other houses designed by Taylor can be found at 6 Sherwood Lane, [[Cashmere, New Zealand|Cashmere]] and 2202 West Coast Road, Christchurch. |
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== Commissions == |
== Commissions == |
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*1970: IBM Building on [[The Terrace, Wellington|The Terrace]], Wellington<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 September 1970 |title=Sculpture for New Building |pages=9 |work=The Press (Christchurch)}}</ref> |
*1970: IBM Building on [[The Terrace, Wellington|The Terrace]], Wellington<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 September 1970 |title=Sculpture for New Building |pages=9 |work=The Press (Christchurch)}}</ref> |
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*1973: Fountain for the entrance of the Commonwealth Games Complex at [[Queen Elizabeth II Park]], Christchurch<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 April 1973 |title=Christchurch Fountain at Q.E. Park |pages=18 |work=The Press (Christchurch)}}</ref> |
*1973: Fountain for the entrance of the Commonwealth Games Complex at [[Queen Elizabeth II Park]], Christchurch<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 April 1973 |title=Christchurch Fountain at Q.E. Park |pages=18 |work=The Press (Christchurch)}}</ref> |
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* [https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/collection/?artist=1244 Works at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū] |
* [https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/collection/?artist=1244 Works at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū] |
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Tom Taylor (1925–1994) was a New Zealand sculptor, architect, and Head of Sculpture at the University of Canterbury.
History
[edit]Tom Taylor was born in Christchurch and matriculated from St. Kevin's College, Oamaru in 1939. He joined the Royal New Zealand Navy and served overseas from 1943 to 1945. Taylor studied architecture at Canterbury University College for two years before taking up sculpture.[1] In 1961 he became a full-time lecturer and eventually Head of Sculpture at the University of Canterbury's School of Fine Arts where he taught until 1990.
A number of students who became well-known sculptors passed through the department under Taylor's tutelage. They include Chris Booth, Paul Cullen, Bing Dawe, Neil Dawson, John Panting, Phil Price, Pauline Rhodes, Carl Sydow, Merylyn Tweedie and Boyd Webb.[2] Neil Dawson recalled Taylor as "… a very complex individual, a fiercely intelligent man who introduced us to a world beyond art and sculpture and brought a new scope to our practice. He was tough but he made you confront yourself. He set challenges which would last for the rest of your life - and you can't ask for more than that from your teacher."[3] Taylor was also closely connected to the Christchurch art scene. He exhibited with The Group in 1963, 1965 and 1966[4] and in 1968 helped colleague John Coley set up 20-20 Vision, an artist collective that produced a number of exhibitions and prints.[5] The same year Taylor was awarded a Guthrey Travel Grant to Australia where he was influenced by the work of Australian sculptor Clement Meadmore.[6] In 1969 Taylor was granted a Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Travel Grant to visit Verona and Munich and study bronze and steel sculpture techniques with the Italian artist Quinto Ghermandi and the German Ruldolf Hoffenher.[7] Taylor was also involved in designing sets for a number of Christchurch theatre productions.[8]
Architecture
[edit]Although he only trained for two years, Taylor designed a number of houses including the Sutton House, which has been listed as a Category I Heritage Building by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.[9] The Sutton House was built in 1963 at 20 Templar Street, Christchurch as a home and studio for painter Bill Sutton.[10] Sutton and Taylor both taught at the art school and were friends. (Taylor is the model in one of Sutton's well known paintings Saint Sebastian that featured in the Sutton retrospective as catalogue number 19)[11] The house was slated for demolition after the 2010 Christchurch earthquake but was saved by a public campaign and is now an artist's residency run by the Christchurch Art Gallery.[12] Taylor also designed a house for well-known children's writer Margaret Mahy[13] and a studio for another colleague, the painter Doris Lusk.[14] Other houses designed by Taylor can be found at 6 Sherwood Lane, Cashmere and 2202 West Coast Road, Christchurch.
Commissions
[edit]- 1960: Canterbury Brevet Club[15]
- 1970: IBM Building on The Terrace, Wellington[16]
- 1973: Fountain for the entrance of the Commonwealth Games Complex at Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch[17]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mr Tom Taylor, Sculptor". The Press (Christchurch). 22 July 1994.
- ^ A concise history of art in Canterbury 1850-2000. Neil Roberts, Felicity Milburn, Robert McDougall Art Gallery. Christchurch, N.Z.: Robert McDougall Art Gallery. 2000. p. 68. ISBN 0-908874-91-X. OCLC 155531143.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Moore, Christopher (10 June 2013). "Conjuring space and freedom". The Press (Christchurch).
- ^ "The Group: Catalogues". Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ "20:20 Vision". Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ "Tom Taylor: Recent Sculpture". Ascent: A Journal of Arts in New Zealand. 1 (2): 30–31. 1968.
- ^ "Arts Council Grants". The Press (Christchurch). 29 May 1968. p. 18.
- ^ "'Peer Gynt' for Hay Theatre". The Press (Christchurch). 21 November 1972. p. 10.
- ^ Walton, Steven (10 March 2022). "Historic Bill Sutton House Formally Recognised as Category I Heritage Building". The Press (Christchurch).
- ^ "Sutton House and Garden". Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ "W.A.Sutton: A Retrospective". Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ Law, Tina (7 March 2021). "Art is once again being created at Bill Sutton's former home". The Press (Christchurch).
- ^ "Margaret Mahy's former Banks Peninsula home relisted after community bid fails". Otago Daily Times. 22 November 2021.
- ^ "Sutton House and garden Listed as Category I Historic Place". 11 Mar 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ "£16,000 Building for Brevet Club Memorial". The Press (Christchurch). 22 January 1950. p. 9.
- ^ "Sculpture for New Building". The Press (Christchurch). 8 September 1970. p. 9.
- ^ "Christchurch Fountain at Q.E. Park". The Press (Christchurch). 2 April 1973. p. 18.