In 1938 the Clearwater Art Museum chose Henry White Taylor as first director. He taught at the Museum School of Art with Georgine Shillard and Evelyn Alvord Conway until his death in 1943. His summer home was in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. In 1947 the Florida Federation of Art established the Henry White Taylor Loan Scholarship to honor him and provide funds to aid Florida students wanting an art education. Born: 1899, Otisville, New York. Died: 1943, Atlanta, Georgia. Education: Massachusetts Normal School; Pratt Institute; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; with Hugh Breckenridge. Membership: Allied Artists of America; American Artists Professional League; Florida Federation of Art, board of directors, recording secretary, 2nd vice president; Clearwater Art Club; Clearwater Art Museum, 1941-45; Florida Watercolor Society. Exhibits: Chester County Art Association, 2nd award, 1934-1935; Sarasota Art Association, 9th Annual Exhibit, Ringling Museum, February 1939, jury of awards; Students Art Club, Tampa, December 1939, exhibit and demonstration; Florida Watercolor Society, Society of The Four Arts, January 1940; Florida Federation of Art Annual Circuit, 1940, Russian Girl; Florida Federation of Art, 1st award Florida subject, 1940; Clearwater Art Museum, President’s Award, 1941; Clearwater Art Museum, April 22- May 5, 1941, Twelve Florida Artists, Matthew W. Byers, Grazing Goat, Mademoiselle Dian Barbezat, 3rd prize; Florida Federation of Art Annual, Palm Beach, December 1942, best portrait, Mykia Taylor; Florida Federation of Art, circuited exhibition, 1941-1942, Mr. Matthew W. Byers; Clearwater Art Museum, Gulf Coast Artists Group Annual Circuit, 1942, Florida Cypress, Grazing Goat; Clearwater Art Museum, Annual Members Exhibit, 1942, Old Pear Tree, Spring, Long Barn; Clearwater Art Museum, March 1943, Cypress Country, Florida Cypress, Pennsylvania Hills, The Old Apple Tree, Tommy Atkins, Lois, Summer Flowers, Sea Gulls; Clearwater Art Museum, 9th Annual Exhibit, March 1943; Clearwater Art Museum, Memorial exhibit, December 1943; Art Club of St. Petersburg, Memorial Exhibit, February 1944; Florida Gulf Coast Group, 4th Annual Exhibition, nationwide circuit, July 1945-May 1946, Gulf Storm, Baseball Player; Jacksonville WPA Art Center, April 1950; Florida Gulf Coast Art Center; One man shows, Philadelphia; West Chester, Penn.; St. Petersburg; two 2nd awards, Chester County Art Association; two 1st awards, Florida Federation of Art; represented in permanent collection, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; Clearwater Art Museum.
