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John Taylor Arms
American etcher
John Taylor Arms | |
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| Born | (1887-04-19)April 19, 1887 Washington, D.C. |
| Died | October 15, 1953(1953-10-15) (aged 66) Fairfield, Connecticut |
| Known for | printmaker, etcher |
John Taylor Arms (April 19, 1887 – October 13, 1953) was an American etcher.
Life
Arms was born in Washington, DC in 1887. He studied law at Princeton University, transferring to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, to study architecture, graduating in 1912. After serving as an officer in the United States Navy during World War I, he devoted himself full-time to etching.
He published his first original etchings in 1919.
John taylor arms biography
His initial subject was the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City near which he worked. Arms developed a successful career as a graphic artist in the 1920s and 1930s, specializing in series of etchings of Gothic churches and cathedrals in France and Italy.
In addition to medieval subjects, Arms made a series