J. B. (Jack) Taylor (1917-1970) was an important figure in the history of Banff and western Canadarsquo;s artistic community. Inspired by the locale; Taylor spent his career striving to depict the idea of the mountain; moving over time from traditional representations of nature to an intuitive perception of the essential elements of landscape - rock; water; and sky. Always; he sought to capture his ideas through the development of a new visual language. He applied this new vernacular to a range of studies encompassing portraiture through to other landscapes. Filled with images of his work and photographs of his life as an artist and teacher in western Canada; this book is the first to focus completely on J.B. Taylor; his importance to the western Canadian and Banff artistic communities; and his role in the transition from traditional; eastern; North American and European landscape ideals and technique to a more abstract representation and the formation of a new aesthetic of the wilderness based on the mountains of the West.
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