Charles Harold Davis
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Charles Harold Davis (7 January 1856 – 5 August 1933) was an American
landscape painter
.
Biography
He was born at
Barbizon and painted much in the forest of Fontainebleau under the traditions of the men of thirty.[1]
In 1890, Davis returned to the U.S., settling in Mystic, Connecticut. He shifted to Impressionism in his style, and took up the cloudscapes for which he became best-known. He eventually became a leading figure in the art colony that had developed in Mystic, and founded the Mystic Art Association in 1913.[citation needed]
He became a full member of the National Academy of Design in 1906, and received many awards, including a silver medal at the Paris Exhibition of 1889.[1]
He is represented by important works in the
Pennsylvania Academy, Philadelphia, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.[1]
References
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- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
Sources
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Davis, Charles Howard [sic]". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 866.
External links
- Extensive biography from 1995 Magazine Antiques
- Bnet biography
- Twelve exhibition catalogs available as a full-text PDF from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries
- [1] Nov 15, 2015 New York Times article on a retrospective of his work at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT.
- Artwork by Charles Harold Davis
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