Nicolas Granger-Taylor

Nicolas Granger‑Taylor (b. 1963) is a British contemporary painter celebrated for his precise, contemplative oil works that often explore portraiture, female nudes, and still lifes. Born in London and educated at Latymer Upper School, he studied foundation art at Kingston Polytechnic (1981–82), earned a Fine Art degree from Bristol Polytechnic (1982–85), and completed a postgraduate diploma in painting at the Royal Academy Schools in London (1987–90).

Granger‑Taylor’s paintings are marked by a masterly command of light and meticulous draftsmanship. Critics, including Nicholas Usherwood in RA Magazine, have noted his fascination with light’s ability to animate still lifes and stasis in figures—what he calls a “disturbing sense… of still lifes come alive or figures become still”. Mary Rose Beaumont, writing in Art Review, praised his compositional skill and “sensuous handling of the paint with a sensitive feeling for his subject.”

Granger‑Taylor’s work has been exhibited at major venues including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions, the National Portrait Gallery’s John Player and BP Portrait Awards, and notably the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where his self‑portrait (1993) joined the collection and featured in the 1996 “Small Interiors” exhibition.

His paintings regularly appear at auction in the UK, with pieces such as Studio Window with Self‑Portrait reaching record prices of around US $3,400, indicative of growing interest among collectors.