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Nicolas Granger-Taylor
Reclining nude, 2009-2011 (detail)
"Granger-Taylor presents us with a series of extraordinary paintings which reaffirm the power of the work of art as a contemplative object of unadorned sensuality and visual pleasure." Iain Gale, Nicolas Granger-Taylor, catalogue introduction, 1991
"As an admirer of female nudity, whether it be on canvas or in the flesh, I cannot but praise the art of Nicolas Granger-Taylor. His figures have great presence and nobility and in some cases, I venture to say, are better than the real thing." Barry Humphries CBE, Nicolas Granger-Taylor: Recent Work, catalogue introduction, 2011
"Here are neither egotistical self-expression nor severe objective scrutiny, but highly selective moments of vision in which the subjective and the objective are fused in a most meaningful way. These are not just good paintings; they are works of art." Karin Jonzen, Nicolas Granger-Taylor, catalogue introduction, 1988
"He is obsessed by light and the power of light, as it reveals objects both animate and inanimate, to create a disturbing sense, in de Chirico’s memorable phrase, 'of still lifes come alive or figures become still'." Nicholas Usherwood, RA Magazine, 1991
"My most recent acquisitions have been an anonymous portrait and a number of still lifes by Nicolas Granger-Taylor. I have a very high regard for his work." The late Andrew Devonshire, 11th Duke of Devonshire, from his autobiography, Accidents of Fortune, 2004
"As an admirer of female nudity, whether it be on canvas or in the flesh, I cannot but praise the art of Nicolas Granger-Taylor. His figures have great presence and nobility and in some cases, I venture to say, are better than the real thing." Barry Humphries CBE, Nicolas Granger-Taylor: Recent Work, catalogue introduction, 2011
"Here are neither egotistical self-expression nor severe objective scrutiny, but highly selective moments of vision in which the subjective and the objective are fused in a most meaningful way. These are not just good paintings; they are works of art." Karin Jonzen, Nicolas Granger-Taylor, catalogue introduction, 1988
"He is obsessed by light and the power of light, as it reveals objects both animate and inanimate, to create a disturbing sense, in de Chirico’s memorable phrase, 'of still lifes come alive or figures become still'." Nicholas Usherwood, RA Magazine, 1991
"My most recent acquisitions have been an anonymous portrait and a number of still lifes by Nicolas Granger-Taylor. I have a very high regard for his work." The late Andrew Devonshire, 11th Duke of Devonshire, from his autobiography, Accidents of Fortune, 2004
