Peter Taylor

Taylor, Peter TROY Noted local artist Peter Taylor, 75, died at his home on Taylor Lane in Troy, N.Y. on September 12, 2007, surrounded by family members, after a two-year battle with abdominal cancer. He was the only child of Mary H. Taylor, a longtime resident of Troy, actively involved in numerous charitable organiza-tions, and Dean P. Taylor, a member of Congress and New York State chairman of the Republican Party. Peter Taylor attended Colgate University, received a bachelor's degree from Syracuse University, and was awarded a master of fine arts degree by the University at Albany. As a young man visiting Cuba, he was befriended by another American visitor: Ernest Hemingway. Although Peter Taylor's subsequent adventures included running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, he was known for both his gentle nature and his love for the culinary arts. Local artists, family, and friends gathered regularly at his home for culinary and conversational adventures often lasting into the wee hours. Peter Taylor's work has been shown at Buecker and Harpsichords and 55 Mercer in New York City, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany International Airport Gallery, the Arts Center of the Capital Region, Schenectady Museum, and numerous other galleries and museums from New York to Maine, as well as in Norway and Poland. His paintings are in the collections of the Albany Institute of History and Art, Munson Williams Proctor Museum, University Art Museum of SUNY at Albany, Russell Sage College, and other private and museum collections in New York and abroad. Peter Taylor is survived by his longtime partner, Sandy Gull; two sons, Christian and Anthony and Anthony's wife Suzanne; and his cousins, Dorothy and Carolyn. A celebration of his life will be held in the late spring with a retrospective of his art. His family requests that, in lieu of flowers, donations be sent to Community Hospice of Rensselaer, 295 Valley View Boulevard, Rensselaer, NY 12144; community-hospice.org/rensselaer.cfm For a private family guest book, visit www.brycefh.com