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David Graham Tayler (21 February 1921 – 2 June 1985) was a British artist and commercial artist who specialised in book cover art in the 1950s and 60s. He was best known for his careful research and detailed accuracy in depiction. 1. Early life and war service Tayler was born in Lancaster, the son of Edward Douglas Tayler, organist and professor of music.〔birth cert. GRO BXCF 970203〕 The family moved to New Zealand in 1926 when E.D. Tayler took up the appointment of Supervisor & Director of Vocal Music in Schools.〔Unpublished PhD thesis: S.P. Braatvedt, 'A History of Music Education In New Zealand State Primary and Intermediate Schools,1878-1989' University of Canterbury (2002) pp.413,438〕 In 1931 E.D. Tayler resigned this position. In 1932 he was at the University of California, Berkeley,〔Register of University of California at Berkeley, Vol 2. p.7〕 After E.D. Tayler’s untimely death at Berkeley in August 1932 Tayler returned to England with his mother.〔Probate & Letters Of Administration made in the Probate Registers of the High Court of Justice in England 1933 T-Z Page 16〕 In 1937 he enrolled at Wimbledon School of Art where by 1940 he completed a Teaching Diploma.〔The magazine of The Pilgrims' School Winchester〕 When war broke out in 1939 Tayler joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve and served in the Home Guard.In 1940 he was called up into the RAF.〔The magazine of The Pilgrims' School Winchester〕 2. 1950s and 60s In 1946 he enrolled in the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London and was awarded a diploma in 1948.〔UCL Records Office〕 In 1955 while teaching at LeatherheadCountySecondary School, now Therfield School, Tayler illustrated his first book covers. Tayler illustrated covers for Corgi, Archer, Arrow, and Mayflower Press & Pan books, as well as hardback publishers such as Harrap, Rich & Cowan, and Herbert Jenkins.〔http://www.leatherheadweb.org.uk/therfieldalumni〕 3. Methods The subjects were varied and included Westerns, War (WWII and former wars), Biography, Crime, Travel, Natural History, Romance). Tayler signed his pictures with TAYLER in capitals, usually horizontally but occasionally vertically. Comment by Pat Owen, Pan cover artist: “There were some artists who could do anything, and they were obviously given anything to do. There were some who were better at some things than others but, beyond that it was really who was available, who could do something quickly. David Tayler, for example, I'm pretty sure I am right in saying he needed about a month, so what he was given had to be carefully sorted out and we wouldn't give him what we thought at the time was a trashy old book to do. He was given books worthy of his ability.”〔Paperback, Pulp and Comic Collector Number 8 1991 Zeon Publishing〕 The end of the 1960s, however, brought about a change in book cover illustration.Photographs were increasingly used and a style of painting which was less detailed and therefore more quickly completed became popular. Tayler was not the only artist to find he could no longer make a living through cover art. Tayler continued to paint while doing other work. He undertook commissions and exhibited his work locally. 4. Personal Life In 1952 he married Delma Savell,〔marriage cert. GRO MXG 099585〕 a former pupil of his at LeatherheadCountySecondary School.They lived in Dorking, Surrey, and had one child, John Mark.〔birth certificate. BXCG 684206〕 5. Final years In 1979, aged 58, Tayler suffered a stroke. He died on 2 June 1985.His residence at that time was the Gower Peninsula near Llanrhidian 〔death certificate QWBDXZ 108791〕 ==List of Books== This is an incomplete list of book covers that Tayler illustrated: ==See also== *Sam Peffer ( * Collecting PAN Books 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dave Tayler (book cover artist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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