Image 4: Bolton, 1950s by Françoise Taylor (1920-2007)
Françoise Taylor (née Wauters) was a Belgian-born artist who later settled in Bolton. Her early training in book illustration at the National School of the Arts in Brussels is evident in this industrial scene, especially the children and animals drawn in black ink. After the Second World War, she moved to England with her husband Kenneth Taylor, eventually settling in his hometown of Bolton. The industrial environment of Bolton had an immediate impact on her art. Françoise would wander the streets of her adopted town, sketching mills, gasworks, back streets and football matches.
Bolton, 1950s has been kindly loaned to the museum by Françoise Taylor’s family.
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