10.4 Linear Feet, Summary: 10 ft. 5 in. (11 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 wrapped package, 1/2 in.); (3 record cartons,
15 in. each); (2 document cases, 4 in. each); (2 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 flat storage
box, 3 1/2 in.); (1 flat storage box, 4 in.)
Quantity
1.63 Gigabytes, 23 .jpg and .iso files
Creator
Taylor, Grace Martin, 1903-1995
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Papers, news clippings, programs, photos, certificates, and artwork of West Virginia artist, Grace Martin Taylor, who taught
in Charleston at Mason College, and later at Morris Harvey. Her art, in several media including oils and watercolor, is modernist
in style, showing a preference for abstraction. Also included is some material regarding her daughter, Lucie Anne Mellert,
and her promotion of Taylor's art.
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Researchers may access digitized and born digital materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to
view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference
department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Grace Martin Taylor, Artist, Papers, A&M 3206, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Grace Martin (Frame) Taylor (February 11, 1903 - October 1, 1995) was born in Scotts Run, near Morgantown, West Virginia.
She graduated from West Virginia University in 1929. She earned her Master of Arts there in 1949. She studied under Blanche
Lazzell, West Virginia's most renowned artist, and like Lazzell, she studied under the noted abstract artist Hans Hofmann
in Provincetown, Massachusetts. She also attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
Her art, in several media including oils and watercolor, is modernist in style, showing a preference for abstraction. She
is best characterized from the following quote of a review of her Lynn Laskin Gallery show of December 1957 in Charleston:
"Here is an artist of great seriousness of aesthetic purpose, singular individuality of style, with special strengths of inventiveness
and finely-balanced painting constructions. These are paintings in which the true, serious nature of abstract art should become
apparent."
As an educator, Grace Martin Taylor taught in Charleston, WV at Mason College of Music and Fine Arts. She began work in their
art department in 1931 and would ascend to the presidency in 1956. In 1956, Mason College merged with Morris Harvey College
(now University of Charleston), where Taylor would work as a professor of art till 1968.
Grace married Wilbur C. Frame in 1929; they had one daughter together, Lucie Anne, and later divorced. Grace then married
William E. Taylor in 1951. She died in Charleston, WV.
Papers of West Virginia artist Grace Martin Taylor (1903-1995) include papers, news clippings, programs, photos, certificates,
and artwork of West Virginia artist. In addition to her work as an artist, she was also an educator who taught in Charleston
at Mason College, and later at Morris Harvey. Her art, in several media including oils and watercolor, is modernist in style,
showing a preference for abstraction.
Addendum of 2018-10-30, Lucie Mellert Papers includes papers of Lucie Anne Mellert, Ms. Taylor's daughter. These include
award plaques, correspondence, clippings, photographs, and more, about herself and her promotion of her mother's artwork.
Addendum of 2018-10-30, Grace Martin Taylor Papers includes notebooks, digital files including images of artwork and videos
of gallery openings and receptions, typescripts, photographs, artifacts, printed material, clippings, correspondence, ephemera,
sketchbooks, artifacts, and artwork; subjects include her career as an artist as well as an educator.
A grouping of 27 prints by Grace Martin Taylor were deaccessioned from this collection and transferred to the Art Museum of
West Virginia University in 2011.
This series includes the papers of Lucie Anne Mellert, daughter of Grace Martin Taylor. Formats include award plaques, correspondence,
clippings, photographs, and more. Award plaques and paper awards (boxes 8-9 and box 21, folder 3) include awards for inclusion
in various editions of Who's Who , recognition for service to the South Charleston CVB, and more (1964, ca. 1984-2016). Correspondence includes material regarding
Mellert's support of the WVU Foundation (2012-2014) and more. Clippings include coverage of Mellert's promotion of Grace Martin
Taylor and her artwork (1990s-2010s). Photographs are almost exclusively color photos, many of which depict Lucie Mellert
at a variety of events (mostly ca. 1990s-2010s, a few from earlier) including talks, exhibits, and more. The images include
a few celebrities and prominent local figures, such as E. Gordon Gee, Senator Joe Manchin, and Gayle Manchin, as well as Grace
Martin Taylor.
Mixed Materials Box: 8
Award Plaques (including various Who's Who certificates and recognition for service to the South Charleston Convention and
Visitors Bureau)
1997-2013English.
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1-4
Award Plaques (for International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women, and service to WV)
1993-2000English.
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 5
Paper Awards and Other Material (includes awards, clippings, correspondence, and other material)
1964, ca. 1984-2016English.
Mixed Materials Box: 21 Folder: 3
Paper Awards (West Virginia state service and Distinguished Mountaineer awards)
2000-2008English.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 1
WVU Foundation Material
2012-2014English.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 2
Material Regarding Lucie Mellert's Promotion of Grace Martin Taylor
1998-2019English.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 3
Phone Book Advertisements
2004-2006English.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 4
Quotes Etc. Regarding Grace Martin Taylor
ca. 1998English.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 5-7
Photographs (include images of award ceremonies, talks, exhibits, and more)
ca. 1950s-2010sEnglish.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 8
VIP Photos (additional famous West Virginians can be found in folders 5-7)
This series includes additional papers of Grace Martin Taylor. Formats include notebooks, digital files, typescripts, photographs,
artifacts, printed material, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, sketchbooks, and more. Subjects include her life, her art,
promotion of her art, her education in art, and more. Highlights include a typed record of Taylor's career, compiled by Lucie
Mellert in 2018 (box 12, folder 4).
Notes (Notebooks and loose pages, including sketches, lecture notes, and notes about GMT's career. Highlights include notes
on Hans Hofmann lectures [1945-1956])
1945-1980sEnglish.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 1
Notebook, Hofmann Lectures
1945-1956
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 2
Notebook
1955-1970s
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 3
Notebook
ca. 1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 4
Notebook
1960-1964
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 5
Notebook
1970s
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 6
Notebook, Resume Information?
1980s
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 7
Notebook Pages
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 8
Notebook Pages
1960s
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 9
Notebook Pages (including Hofmann lecture)
ca. 1953
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 1
Loose Notebook Pages
ca. 1958-1965
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2
Notebook, Studio Diary?
ca. 1947-1949
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3-7
Miscellaneous (Includes DVD-Rs [2006] with video of an exhibit opening, a book about painting, and a record of Grace Martin
Taylor's career compiled by Lucie Mellert [2018])
1930s-2018English.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3a
Materials Used for 2018 Biography, Exhibit and Study Information
ca. 1930s-1980s
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3b
Materials Used for 2018 Biography, Miscellaneous Information
ca. 1930s-1980s
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3c
Materials Used for 2018 Biography, Names and Addresses
ca. 1930s-1980s
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 4
Record of Grace Martin Taylor's Career
2018
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 5
Painting with Purpose
1964
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 6
Grace Martin Taylor Exhibit Opening Recording on DVD
undated (2006?)
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 7
Grace Martin Taylor DVD Regarding Art Exhibit Opening and Reception
Photographs (Includes color photos and a few slides of Taylor's art [ca. 1930s - 2000s, bulk 1980s-2000s, of art dating back
to the 1930s at least], as well as photos of art exhibits and Taylor herself [ca. 1904-1990s]. Also includes a photo album
and a few loose photos and photo postcards.)
1904-2000s
Graphic Materials Box: 13 Folder: 1
Photographs of Art, "Acrylic and Sand"
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 13 Folder: 2-3, 5
Photographs of Art, "Oils, etc."
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 13 Folder: 4
Photographs of Art, "Watercolor etc."
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 13 Folder: 6
Photographs of Art, "Collage"
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 13 Folder: 7
Photographs of Art
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 13 Folder: 8
Photographs of Art from 1960s, with List
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 13 Folder: 9
Photographs of Art
ca. 1980s-2000s
Graphic Materials Box: 13 Folder: 10
Bagged Photographs of Art (1 of 2)
1990s, undated
Graphic Materials Box: 13 Folder: 11
Bagged Photographs of Art (2 of 2)
ca. 1980s-2000s
Graphic Materials Box: 14 Folder: 1
Photographs of Art, "Watercolor, Etc."
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 14 Folder: 2
Photographs of Art
1990s
Graphic Materials Box: 14 Folder: 3
Photographs and CD of Art
2000s, undated
Graphic Materials Box: 14 Folder: 4
Photographs of Art Store
2002
Graphic Materials Box: 14 Folder: 5-8
Photographs of Art
ca. 1960s, 1980s-2000s, undated
Graphic Materials Box: 14 Folder: 9
Images of Grace Martin Taylor
ca. 1938-1980s
Graphic Materials Box: 14 Folder: 10
Photographs Regarding Taylor's Art
1950s-2000s
Graphic Materials Box: 14 Folder: 11
Photographs of Taylor and Art
ca. 1950-1980s
Graphic Materials Box: 14 Folder: 12
Photographs of Taylor and Mellert
1960s, undated
Graphic Materials Box: 14 Folder: 13
Photographs from After New York City Show
1988
Graphic Materials Box: 14 Folder: 14
Photographs from New York City Show
1988
Graphic Materials Box: 14 Folder: 15
Photographs of Taylor
1950s-1990s
Graphic Materials Box: 15 Folder: 1
Group Photograph
ca. 1904
Graphic Materials Box: 15 Folder: 2
Photograph Album
ca. 1925-1932
Graphic Materials Box: 15 Folder: 3
Photo and Photo Postcards
ca. 1928-1940s
Graphic Materials Box: 15 Folder: 4
Photographs of Grace Martin Taylor
ca. 1930s-1980s
Graphic Materials Box: 15 Folder: 5
Wedding Photographs
1929?
Graphic Materials Box: 15 Folder: 6
Portraits of Grace Martin Taylor
1920s
Graphic Materials Box: 15 Folder: 7
Photographs of Exhibit Opening
1967
Graphic Materials Box: 17 Folder: 32
Slides of Grace Martin Taylor Artwork
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 17 Folder: 33
Photographs of Art
undated
Graphic Materials Box: 17 Folder: 34
Mason College Artists Photograph
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 16
Art-Related Material (clippings, correspondence, printed material, typescripts, notes, and more. Subjects include Taylor,
her art, and Mellert's management of her art posthumously. Also includes one set of two typescripts about Taylor, and other
biographical materials. Also includes material from Taylor's high school days.)
1920–2017English.
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 1
Clippings & Correspondence Regarding Taylor's Art and Death
1995-2006
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 2-3
Clippings and Printed Material Regarding Taylor's Art
ca. 1930s-2016
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 4
Correspondence Regarding Painting "The Gentle Ones"
2010
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 5
Biographical Material and Other Material about Taylor
1980-2008
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 6
Clippings about Taylor and her Art
1937-2016
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 7-8
"Grace Martin Frame Taylor: A Modern Legacy" (2 copies)
2000 and undated
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 9
Notes about Taylor's Art
1950s, 2017
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 10
Morgantown High School Materials
1920-1921
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 11
Correspondence from/about Taylor
1972-2017
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 1-31
Miscellaneous (Includes clippings, correspondence from during and after Taylor's life, ephemera, printed material, handwritten
notes, photographs, biographical material, sketchbooks, and more. Subjects include Taylor; her artwork and exhibits of it;
the Art Store; Hans Hofmann and his School of Fine Art in Provincetown, Massachusetts; and more. Highlights include correspondence
to Taylor from Blanche Lazzell [1930s-1950s] and Miz Hofmann [wife of Hans, 1940s-1960s].)
1928–2017English.
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 1
Clippings Regarding Taylor and Her Art
ca. 1938-2007
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 2
Correspondence
1999-2001
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 3
"Grace Martin Taylor Essay" Ephemera and More
1928-1995
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 4
"Grace Martin Taylor Essay" Clippings and More
1982-2013
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 5
Correspondence, Publication, and Handwritten Art Notes
1990-2002
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 6
WV Women's Commission Women Award
1999
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 7
Miscellaneous Folder (1 of )2 -- Clippings
1956, 1980s-2000s
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 8
Miscellaneous Folder (2 of 2)
1940-2003
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 9
Biography
1980s-2000s
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 10
Exhibitions/Galleries [additional material in Oversize]
1948-2000s
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 11
Clippings and Photographs
1950s-2000s
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 12
The Art Store (Clippings)
2000s-2010s
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 13
"GMT - Biographical" Miscellaneous
1960s-1990s
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 14
Cape Cod Print
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 15
"Art of the Woodcut" Papers/Speeches
ca. 1930s
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 16
Loose Material
2001-2017
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 17
Miscellaneous
1994-2007
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 18
Acme Fine Art and Design Annuals
2005-2007
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 19
Matisse
1951-1966
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 20
Clipping Regarding Hans Hofmann
1944
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 21
Correspondence from Miz Hofmann to Taylor
1940s-1960s
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 22
H. Hofmann School of Fine Arts
1930s-1960s
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 23
H. Hofmann
1940s-1970s
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 24
Hans Hofmann Book
1963
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 25-26
B. Lazzell to Taylor Correspondence
1930s-1950s, 2000s
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 27
Diploma from West Virginia University
1949
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 28
Sketchbook
1947
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 29
Sketchbook
1972
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 30
Sketchbook
1974
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 31
Sketchbook
ca. 1989
Mixed Materials Box: 18
Awards
1989, 1999
Realia Box: 18
West Virginia Women's Commission Celebrate Women Award (for Grace Martin Taylor; also includes photographs of Rev. James Kelly
with his mother, Lucie Mellert, and the award, and other ephemera)
June 4, 1999English.
Realia Box: 18
Mayor's Award for the Arts, Outstanding Artist, Issued to Grace Martin Taylor
1989English.
Mixed Materials Box: 19
Wood (Two pieces, one carved [woodblock?] and one with tracing; also includes two pieces of unknown material)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 20
Miscellaneous (includes a palette, sketchbooks and floorplans)
1920s-1940s and undated
Realia Box: 20 Folder: 1
Palette
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 20 Folder: 2
Miscellaneous Art
1983, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 20 Folder: 3
Floor Plan Drawings
1925-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 20 Folder: 4
Stage Design Sketchbook
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 20 Folder: 5
Sketchbook
1940?
Mixed Materials Box: 21 Folder: 1-2, 4-9
Oversize Material (Includes clippings about Taylor's art, some clippings about Hans Hofmann, diplomas and awards, and material
on Picasso.)
1940s-2016
Mixed Materials Box: 21 Folder: 1
Hans Hofmann Material
ca. 1940s-1970s
Mixed Materials Box: 21 Folder: 2
"Exhibitions/Galleries" Oversize (see also box 17, folder 10)
1990s-2000s
Mixed Materials Box: 21 Folder: 4
Miscellany
1953-2002
Mixed Materials Box: 21 Folder: 5
Picasso Material
1960s-1990s
Mixed Materials Box: 21 Folder: 6
Diplomas and Awards
1920s, 1980s-1990s
Mixed Materials Box: 21 Folder: 7-8
Clippings
1953-2016
Mixed Materials Box: 21 Folder: 9
Poster
ca. 2010
Mixed Materials Frame: 1
Framed Silk Scarf (Produced by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the scarf depicts one of Taylor's white pine woodblock prints
of "Charleston Cottages" showing Charleston's Bigley Avenue.)