Florence Starr Taylor | Old Vine Street
Florence Starr Taylor, Old Vine Street, n.d, conte crayon on paper, collection of the Lancaster Museum of Art, gift courtesy of Joseph Kenefick
Artist: Florence Starr Taylor
Title: Old Vine Street
Year: n.d.
Medium: conte crayon on paper
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches
Credit Line: gift courtesy of Joseph Kenefick
Lancaster Museum of Art Collection, Lancaster, PA
A Lancaster native, Florence Starr Taylor studied art at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Arts in 1922 and then under Louis Comfort Tiffany. She was the first female artist and reporter for the Intelligencer Journal, and also the first staff artist for PBS-TV. She is known especially for her portraits of Lancaster residents and of local Lancaster scenes.