Nicolaus Davis

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Nicolaus Davis (or Nikolaus Davis

landscape painter
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Biography

He was born in

Academy of Fine Arts Munich. His teachers there were Carl von Marr and Ludwig von Löfftz. Davis became member of the Muich Artist Union (Münchner Künstlergenossenschaft) and participated at the international Glaspalast exhibitions in 1918, 1919, 1922 and 1925. His studio was in Schwabing
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Nicolaus Davis died in Ebersberg (near Munich) in 1967.

Works

His still life paintings were more commonly made into post cards compared to his other works.

Among his works are:

  • Two masted bargue in full sail
  • Lake Chiemsee (formerly Heinrich Hausmann Collection)

External links

Literature

  • Dresslers Kunsthandbuch, Band II, Berlin 1930, S.169
  • Künstlerlexikon Vollmer, Band I., 1953, S.625
  • Münchner Maler im 19./20. Jahrhundert, Band 5 Achmann-Kursell, 1993

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