Welcome to the permanent exhibition site of

Michael Taylor

contemporary British figurative painter

The images shown in the Works section of this site represent a selection of Michael's oil paintings produced since leaving Goldsmiths College School of Art in 1974.

Most of the works represented here have been exhibited at various exhibitions and galleries including The Royal Academy of Arts, Beaux Arts (London and Bath), The National Portrait Gallery, and most recently at Waterhouse and Dodd (London), and are now in private or public collections including:

  • The Scheringa Museum, Netherlands
  • The National Portrait Gallery, London
  • The Holburne Museum of Art, Bath
  • The House of Lords Collection of the UK Parliament

Awards include:

  • The National Portrait Gallery Portrait Prize
  • The Holburne Contemporary Portrait Prize
  • The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Changing Faces Award

Scheringa Museum acquisitions

 The Scheringa Museum have acquired Portrait with Grave Goods and Model Steam Engine( Self Portrait ) for their permanent collection. These will join Grl rsting on swvl chr which they had previously purchased from Michael’s exhibition at Waterhouse and Dodd in 2006.

Work in Progress

2007 was spent catching up with portrait commissions. However, I am now settled back into the studio for a couple of years to work on more paintings, letting one picture lead naturally on to another. I look forward to exhibiting these paintings in due course.

Also, my thanks to Phil Rees for taking such pains and care to create, and maintain the new website.



Except where shown, copyright to the images on this website remains with The Artist (M R Taylor).
The reproduction, transmission, performance, display, rental, lending or storage of the images in any form or in any retrieval system is prohibited without the written consent of the copyright holders.

Michael Taylor is a contemporary Brtish artist and portrait painter. Michael Tayler, Michael Tailor, Micheal Taylor. Art by Michael Taylor (The Artist).

Site design by Philip Rees.