Vintage Etching - Cathedral of Notre Dame and the Chapel of St. Michel, 1928 by John Taylor Arms

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Vintage Etching - Cathedral of Notre Dame and the Chapel of St. Michel, 1928

Vintage black and white etching of … Read more Vintage Etching - Cathedral of Notre Dame and the Chapel of St. Michel, 1928

Vintage black and white etching of the Cathedral of Notre Dame and the Chapel of St. Michel, 1928 by John Taylor Arms (American, 1887-1953).

Signed and dated "John Taylor Arms 1928" lower right.

Presented in a black mat.
Mat: 16"H x 20"W
Paper: 12 1/4"H x 18 1/4"W
Image: 10 1/2"H X 14"W

John Taylor Arms was born in Washington, DC. He studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, graduating in 1912. After World War I, he devoted himself full-time to etching, the printing process that relies on acid to "bite" out an image drawn on a metal plate.
From his early interest in sketching, Arms developed a successful career as a graphic artist in the 1920s and 1930s. He specialized in etchings of medieval churches and cathedrals, hoping to convey the glory of earlier ages that endured in Europe's architecture. Arms made several trips to France, Spain, and Italy to draw such buildings. Beginning with studies of architectural details, he later rendered entire facades and finally a great number of buildings and their reflections in water, as in The Grand Canal. In addition to his medieval subjects, Arms made a series of prints of American cities. See less