Robert Taylor

After leaving art-college Robert Taylor became a professional picture restorer, which brought him into contact with the work of the Great Masters, ancient and modern. His thirteen years as a restorer gave him valuable insight into the techniques of many of these great painters and radically influenced his own technique.

Robert Taylor has been selling his own paintings since his schooldays, but it was in the mid-seventies that he became a full-time professional. His fame spread and today is recognised by many as the world’s leading aviation artist.
Demand for his original canvases and his limited edition prints are unsurpassed.
“Robert Taylor has a unique ability to re-create the atmosphere of aviation combat – it goes far beyond an ability to paint aeroplanes.” Group Captain Peter Townsend CVO DSO DFC.
“As a fighter pilot who flew the types of aircraft that Robert Taylor paints so brilliantly I can only marvel at his ability. He paints more than just aircraft, he paints with spectacular reality the whole vista of the sky that is the world of the Fighter Pilot.” Air Vice Marshal Johnnie Johnson CB CBE DSO** DFC** DL.
“Robert Taylor has that rare, unique ability to blend the accuracy and detail required of an aviation painting, with all the grace and beauty we mortals have learned to expect from a work of art”. Wing Commander Geoffrey Page DSO, DFC.
“He thinks about his compositions and constructs them with great ability. His paintings are just beautiful.” General Adolf Galland Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds.