(658)  Arthur Alfred DAVIS

ERROR MSG (British, late 19th to early 20th centuries)

The Shoot, 1904

Oil on canvas

20 x 30

29 x 39 framed

LR: Arthur A. Davis  1904

SOLD

          An artist of the British school, Davis most often executed genre scenes, urban cityscapes, animals, and hunting scenes.  Most often recognized for paintings of the latter category, he exhibited in London from 1877 to 1884 at venues such as the Suffolk Street Gallery, where he showed some six canvases, in addition to various and sundry other locales.

          In his work, Davis spent much of his efforts focusing on the anatomy and movement of both animals and people, always striving to make them appear accurate.  Also of interest to him was the effect of different kinds of light both on landscapes and interiors.  His skill as a painter is immediately recognizable, and this has earned him a lasting place in the history of art.

Recorded:

Benezit, Emmanuel.  Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs.  (Paris: Librairie Grund, 1976).

Graves, Algernon.  A Dictionary of Artists Who Have Exhibited Works in the Principal London Exhibitions From 1760 to 1893.  (Bath: Kingsmead Reprints,  1973).

Johnson, J.  and A. Greutzner.  Dictionary of British Art, Volume V: British Artists, 1880 - 1940.  (Suffolk:  Antique Collectors' Club Ltd.,  1990).

Wood, Christopher.  The Dictionary of Victorian Painters.  (Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club Ltd.,  1978).