E. A. Taylor

Taylor was born in Greenock, Scotland, in 1874, the fifteenth of seventeen children of an army major.

On their return to Scotland at the outbreak of the First World War, Taylor and King settled at The Greengate in the High Street in Kirkcudbright, where S J Peploe was a frequent visitor.

They established a summer school at High Corrie on the Isle of Arran, as well as locally in Kirkcudbright.

Taylor's work, like that of his wife, became more powerful and dramatic during their time in Galloway, closer in style to the Scottish Colourists.

His oils, painted in broad brushstrokes, depict the rugged landscape of the Western Highlands, often with a white croft set against a dark rock face.