Edward Richard TaylorRBSA (14 June 1838 – 14 January 1911) was an English artist and educator. He painted in bothoils andwatercolours. He became a member of theRoyal Birmingham Society of Artists in 1879.
Taylor taught at theLincoln School of Art,[1] where amongst his pupils wereWilliam Logsdail andFrank Bramley, and became influential in theArts and Crafts movement as the first headmaster at theBirmingham Municipal School of Arts and Crafts from 1877–1903.[2] In December 1898, he foundedRuskin Pottery atSmethwick, Staffordshire. Since 2003, the work of this artist has been auctioned with one painting,The Avon from Bideford, sold at Andrew Hartley Fine Arts in 2012 for a record price.[3]
Taylor married Mary Parr on 1 May 1858 at St. John,Burslem. They had five daughters and two sons. His youngest son, William Howson Taylor (1876–1935), took over Ruskin Pottery after the death of his father on 14 January 1912.[4][5]
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