Michael Franklin Taylor (Abstract artist) Australia, 1933-.
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About Michael Franklin Taylor (Abstract artist)
Michael Taylor was born in Sydney NSW in 1933. After schooling, he studied for a Diploma of Art (Painting) at East Sydney Technical College from 1949 - 53. In 1960 he was awarded the New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship which enabled him to travel on study tours to Asia, Europe, the United States and India in the 1960s and early 1970s.. He taught art in Canberra in 1971 - 72 and was the the Creative Arts Fellow at the Australian National University in 1979. An abstract expressionist, his first one man show was in Sydney in 1963. Since then, he has exhibited in Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, and Newcastle and overseas in New Zealand, Japan, India, Indonesia and Los Angeles. He was the subject of a major, 50-year retrospective exhibition at the Canberra Museum and Gallery in 2016.
This artist should be distinguished from Michael John Taylor, born 1950.Michael John Taylor paints realist representational landscapes whereas Michael Franklin Taylor paints gestural abstracts, often with a landscape or seascape source, but quite distinct.
The total number of works by Michael Taylor (Abstract artist) offered for sale by auction since 1976 is 158, of which 107 (68%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $17,080 for Blue and Silver sold by Mossgreen Auctions in November 2011. This year 2 works have been offered for sale.
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Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.
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