James Taylor Harwood
(1860-1940) American etcher and painter
James Taylor Harwood (8 April 1860, Lehi, Utah – 16 October 1940, Salt Lake City) was an American painter, engraver and art teacher. He was the first artist from Utah to exhibit at the Paris Salon, in 1892.
Biography
He was born to James Harwood, a maker of harnesses, and his wife Sarah Jane née Taylor. He displayed an early talent for art; taking lessons with the local painters, George M. Ottinger, Alfred Lambourne and Dan Weggeland. This was followed, in 1885, by studies at the California School of Design in San Francisco, under the direction of Virgil Macey Williams.
He returned to Utah in 1887 and opened a studio, painting portraits and giving lessons. One of his students, Harriet Richards (1870-1922), would later become his wife. Her grandfather, Willard Richards, was an apostle in the LDS Church and a counselor to Brigham Young. By 1888, he had made enough money to go to Paris with his friend and former fellow student, Guy Rose. There, they shared an apartment while studying at the Académie Julian with Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Jean-Paul Laurens.
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