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Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Spanish Church Series No. 12: La Colegiata, Toro

1935

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)
published by

David Strang

(British, 1887–1967)
America
embossed softground etching
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2009.690
Courtesy of John Taylor Arms/© Suzanne Arms Hawkins
Catalogue raisonné: Fletcher, 284
Location: Not on view

Description

Arms was a deeply religious man who believed in the uplifting power of truth and beauty. He chose to depict Gothic ecclesiastical structures which he felt reflected the high ideals of the Middle Ages. “They were born of an age when man’s need for the expression of his spiritual ideals drove him to heights of architectural conception and execution to which he has never since attained,” the artist declared. “The devotion and aspiration that went into their construction is echoed in every line and detail and mass.”
  • Modern Gothic: The Etchings of John Taylor Arms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 9-September 30, 2012).
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