Sunshine and shadow

Sunshine and shadow

Buildings

Railroad cars

Railroad trains

Relief printing

This sepia-toned woodblock print titled “Sunshine & Shadow” by John “Jack” Taylor (1906-1990) shows a train running alongside tall buildings. The print is signed John W. Taylor and incorporated into the image is “JT.” This is one of 26 relief prints, donated by the artist’s son Nick Taylor, depicting life in western North Carolina. John Taylor was a self-taught, avocational artist. A native of England, he emigrated to Canada, then to the United States, and moved with his wife Clare to Waynesville, NC in the early 1940s. He traveled widely around the area as the Haywood County land surveyor, which is how he encountered many of the subjects portrayed in his prints.

Taylor, John Wotton, 1906-1990

John Taylor Relief Prints Collection

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relief prints

eng

StillImage

68079

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/68079

9.75" x 6.75" (dimension)

Picturing Appalachia