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          Prentiss Taylor.

          The papers of Prentiss Taylor in the Archives of American Art were digitized from 25 reels of microfilm.!

          Prentiss Taylor

          American illustrator, lithographer and painter ()

          Prentiss Taylor (December 13, – October 7, ) was an American illustrator, lithographer, and painter.

          Born in Washington D.C., Taylor began his art studies at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, followed by painting classes under Charles Hawthorne in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and training at the Art Students League in New York City.

          In , Taylor began studying lithography at the League.

          Prentiss Taylor papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

        1. Prentiss Taylor papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
        2. Prentiss Taylor, Prints, Scope and Contents.
        3. The papers of Prentiss Taylor in the Archives of American Art were digitized from 25 reels of microfilm.
        4. He painted murals during the WPA program and was affiliated with the John Reed Club, a prominent artist group, mostly of social realist, who.
        5. The Prentiss Taylor papers contain extensive subject/correspondence files, which include correspondence with Hughes and Van Vechten, as well as.

          6. He became a member of one of the most important printmaking societies in America at that time, the Society of American Graphic Artists. Taylor interacted and collaborated with many writers and musicians in his time in New York in the late s and early 30s.

          This was in the emergence of the Harlem Renaissance. Among his close friends and colleagues were Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten.

          Taylor's work is in the collection of numerous institutions such as: the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American Art; The Phillips Col