HENRY FITCH TAYLOR (1853-1925)

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1853, Henry Fitch Taylor enrolled in the Académie Julian in Paris in the early 1880s. He immersed himself in France's rich art world, particularly associating with Barbizon and Impressionist artists, who influenced his landscape paintings for years to come. Upon his return to America in 1888, Taylor settled in Cos Cob, Connecticut, a prominent artist community. A founding member of the Association of American Painters and Sculptors, Taylor was a key organizer of the 1913 Armory Show, which prompted his work's reflection of Cubism, Futurism and Synchromism thereafter.

The present work may depict Cornish, New Hampshire, or Cos Cob, Connecticut.