All Saints' Church by Cora Bliss Taylor

Painting

Cora Bliss Taylor, "All Saints' Church", no date - water color and gouache, matted and framed. Taylor depicts the All Saints' Saugatuck entrance tower. Here, she captures the charm of one of Michigan's finest Carpenter Gothic churches. The technique used here transforms the iconic Saugatuck church into an arrangement of abstract patterns and shapes. The angularity and color thrust the eye upward toward "heaven."

2012.17.01

Watercolor

Artworks

Taylor, Cora Bliss 1889-1986

Signed Name: Cora Bliss Taylor Signature Location: bottom left

All Saints' Church

Taylor, Cora Bliss

8-1/2 in

11 in

Frame Size: 17 h x 19.5 w

AC bay 04

Art Conservation Room

Good

Taylor, Cora Bliss 1889-1986

All Saints Episcopal Church

from Cora Bliss Taylor "Cody's World" exhibit, Aug 2019 at the OSH All Saints’ Church c.1960s | Pastel crayon Creator: Cora Bliss Taylor This example, which at first glance looks like a woodcut print, is actually a pastel crayon drawing using the texture of the medium for expressive effect. The pastel makes for a painterly abstract composition. The absence of clear lines heightens the abstraction and the illusion of depth is merely implied. When viewed from a distance the drawing appears less abstract and the subject, All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Saugatuck, is more recognizable. Collection: Saugatuck-Douglas History Center Gift of: Mr. Reel and Mrs. Richard Acc # 2012.17.01

Status: OK Status By: Anna VanderJagt Status Date: 2012-03-06

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