George Taylor | |
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Born | 1914 |
Died | January 1996 (aged 81–82)
Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk, England |
Nationality | English |
Occupation | Commercial artist |
Known for | Pub signs |
George Taylor (1914–1996) [1] was an English artist. He has prominence for his functional pub signs in a distinct hybrid modern-meets-traditional style.
Taylor trained as a signwriter in Birmingham. [2] In the 1930s he worked for a signwriting company in his native town Bromsgrove, where his commissions included designing film posters for the Rank Organisation. [1]
From 1941 to 1945, during World War II, he was sent to Cairo to work as a camouflage artist (painter). [1] [3]
After the war, until his retirement in 1976, he was director of a silk-screen printing company in Surrey[ clarification needed]. [1] He and his wife Sylvia then moved to Yorkshire[ clarification needed] and he painted over 100 pub signs for these businesses across that region. [1] In 1984 his family moved to Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk in which area he continued work for his most frequent client, [1] the Greene King Brewery who are based there — he created more than 250 signs for Greene King pubs. [2] He was main sign artist for a period for the Wem Brewing Company based in the market town of Wem in Shropshire. [3] He died in January 1996. [1]
In 2008, his widow [2] presented Greene King with a collection of his miniature, proof, pub sign designs, [2] painted for the approval of clients before being copied as full-sized designs. [3] They were put on exhibition in the brewhouse in his new hometown. [2] In December 2011, she displayed some of his miniatures on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow programme. [3]
George Taylor | |
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Born | 1914 |
Died | January 1996 (aged 81–82)
Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk, England |
Nationality | English |
Occupation | Commercial artist |
Known for | Pub signs |
George Taylor (1914–1996) [1] was an English artist. He has prominence for his functional pub signs in a distinct hybrid modern-meets-traditional style.
Taylor trained as a signwriter in Birmingham. [2] In the 1930s he worked for a signwriting company in his native town Bromsgrove, where his commissions included designing film posters for the Rank Organisation. [1]
From 1941 to 1945, during World War II, he was sent to Cairo to work as a camouflage artist (painter). [1] [3]
After the war, until his retirement in 1976, he was director of a silk-screen printing company in Surrey[ clarification needed]. [1] He and his wife Sylvia then moved to Yorkshire[ clarification needed] and he painted over 100 pub signs for these businesses across that region. [1] In 1984 his family moved to Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk in which area he continued work for his most frequent client, [1] the Greene King Brewery who are based there — he created more than 250 signs for Greene King pubs. [2] He was main sign artist for a period for the Wem Brewing Company based in the market town of Wem in Shropshire. [3] He died in January 1996. [1]
In 2008, his widow [2] presented Greene King with a collection of his miniature, proof, pub sign designs, [2] painted for the approval of clients before being copied as full-sized designs. [3] They were put on exhibition in the brewhouse in his new hometown. [2] In December 2011, she displayed some of his miniatures on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow programme. [3]