Nicolaus Davis
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
- http://matrikel.adbk.de/05ordner/mb_1884-1920/jahr_1908/matrikel-03591 Matrikeleintrag an der AdBK München
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