Artist: William Davis (1812 - 1873)
Nationality: British
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Media: Painting
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Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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John Singer Sargent - Portrait of Mrs. Edward L. Davis and Her Son, Livingston Davis 1890 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Samuel William Reynolds, Senior The Right Reverend Thomas Burgess, Lord Bishop of St. Davis Mezzotint 18th - 19th century
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William Rimmer, American (born in England), 1816-1879 English Hunting Scene 1871 Oil on canvas mounted
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Gene Davis Tightrope Color lithograph 1977
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Gilbert Stuart, American, 1755-1828 Aaron Davis about 1816 Oil on panel 73.02 x 58.74 cm
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Gilbert Stuart - General Amasa Davis c. 1820 oil on panel The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Edwin Davis French, A Memorial: His Life, His Art, 1908 Author: Ira Hutchinson Brainerd (1862-1935)New
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Portrait of a Woman with a Lace Collar Michiel Jansz. van Miereveld (Dutch, 1567-1641)Oil on
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Family Group in a Landscape, ca. 1645 Jacques d"Arthois (Flemish, born 1613, died about 1686);
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Stuart Davis Ivy League Screenprint 1953
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Charles H. Davis Edge of the Village oil on canvas on aluminum 1884
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William Allan Trout lithograph 1973
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Headdress (ogbodo enyi) Igbo people Nigeria, Niger delta region, 19th–20th century Wood and pigment 52.1
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Richard Davis Takilnok The Hunt's On ink and graphiteon board circa 1954
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William Allan Tomales Color aquatint 1975
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Davis, Palmer & Co., 1838-1845 Thomas Aspinwall Davis, 1798-1845 Julius A. Palmer, 1803-1872 Child"s Cup
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Portrait of a Man Style of Corneille de Lyon (French, second quarter 16th century)Oil on
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Madonna Adoring the Child Antonello de Saliba (Italian, Venetian, active 1480-1535)Tempera and oil on wood;
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William Allan William Allan/ Recent Watercolors and Paintings/ the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco/ California Palace of the Legion of Honor/ 20 July through 8 September 1974 color offset lithograph poster 1974
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Howard Hack Clay and Davis Street Barber Shop Lithograph 1968
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Workshop of Master Aorwogun (Areogun) of Ise-ilori, Nigerian Orisha Priest"s Bowl Yoruba people Nigeria Wood,
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Altar Head Benin culture Nigeria, (Benin City), Benin Middle Period, mid-18th century Terracotta, traces of
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Warren B. Davis After the Bath Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Warren B. Davis The Bather Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Warren B. Davis The Echo Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Thomas Nast Ex-Judge David Davis (Now Senator) Wood engraving 1877
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Madonna Adoring the Sleeping Child, early 1460s Giovanni Bellini (Italian, Venetian, active by 1459, died
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Sarcophagus of Queen Hatshepsut, recut for King Tuthmosis I Egyptian New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign
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The Old Castle Emanuel Murant (Dutch, born 1622, died about 1700)Oil on wood; 15 5/8
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Warren B. Davis Woodland Nymph Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Warren B. Davis Reclining Nymph Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Edward Le Davis George Moncke, Duke of Albemarle 18th century
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Portrait of a Surgeon Netherlandish Painter, dated 1569Oil on wood; 8 1/4 x 6 1/8
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Gustav Grunewald Horseshoe Falls from below the High Bank oil on canvas ca. 1832
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David Singer Bill Graham Presents (143) Miles Davis; Elvin Bishop Group lithograph 1971
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Norman Orr Bill Graham Presents (252) Leon Russell; Miles Davis, Fillmore West, 10/15-18/70 lithograph 197
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Henry Bacon, American, 1837-1912 On Shipboard 1877 Oil on canvas 50.16 x 73.98 cm (19
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Infanta María Luisa (1782-1824) and Her Son Don Carlos Luis (1799-1883) Copy after Francisco de
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Francis Davis Millet, American, 1846-1912 The Granddaughter 1885 Oil on canvas 79.37 x 123.19 cm
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Unidentified artist, American, 18th century A child of the Pierpont Family 1730s Oil on canvas
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Report from Rockport, 1940 Stuart Davis (American, 1892-1964)Oil on canvas; H. 24, W. 30 in.
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David Singer Bill Graham Presents (227) Grateful Dead; Miles Davis Quintet, Fillmore West, 4/9-12/70 lithograph 1970
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Portrait of a Man with Gloves Corneille de Lyon (Netherlandish, active by 1533, died 1575)Oil
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Edward Penfield Illustration for About Paris by Richard Harding Davis Color lithograph 19th - 20th century
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Edward Penfield Three Gringos in Central America and Venezuela by Richard Harding Davis Color lithograph 1896
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David Singer Bill Graham Presents (227) Grateful Dead; Miles Davis Quintet, Fillmore West, 4/9-12/70 lithograph 1970
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Cider Making, 1840-1841 William Sidney Mount (1807-1868)AmericanOil on canvas; 27 x 34 1/8 in. (68.6
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Portrait of a Man Giovanni Battista Moroni (Italian, Lombard, born no later than 1524, died
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David Singer Bill Graham Presents (286) Moby Grape; Spencer Davis and Peter Jameson, Fillmore West, 6/24-27/71 lithograph 1971
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Painted Box of Maiherpera Egyptian New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, probably reign of Tuthmosis IV, 1400-1390
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Saint Lucy Francesco Zaganelli (Francesco di Bosio) (Italian, Romagnole, active by 1499, died 1532)Tempera and
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Gene Davis - Big Ben 1974 acrylic on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts American
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Portrait of a Venetian Senator, ca. 1525 Catena (Vincenzo di Biagio) (Italian, Venetian, active by
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Statuette of a Woman, 664–525 B.C.E.; Dynasty 26; late Dynastic period EgyptianSilver; H. 9 1/2
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Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an Angel Mariotto di
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George Peter Alexander Healy, American, 1813-1894 Thomas Kemper Davis early 1830s Oil on paperboard 60.96
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Theodore R. Davis The Springfield University Regatta - The Finish - p.669 from Harper's Weekly 2 August 1873 wood engraving 19th century
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Madonna and Child Master of the Lanckorónski Annunciation (Italian, Florentine, second quarter 15th century)Tempera and
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Triad of Osiris Egyptian Late New Kingdom, 1292-1075 B.C. Egypt, (Possibly from Thebes) Steatite Height:
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Saint Stephen (with the Angel of the Annunciation), part of an altarpiece Martino di Bartolommeo
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Saint James the Greater (with the Virgin of the Annunciation), part of an altarpiece Martino
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Theodore R. Davis The Sentinels Gigantic Trees of California - p.96 Harper's Weekly 1 February 1873 wood engraving 19th century
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The Environs of Paris, 1860s Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)Oil on wood; 13 1/2 x 20
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Pendant, 11th century; Fatimid Attributed to EgyptGold, cloisonné enamel ; 1 3/4 x 1 3/8
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Shawabty of Thutmose IV Egyptian New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose IV, 1400-1390 B.C.
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The Seine at Vétheuil, 1880 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 23 3/4 x 39
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Bradley Darius Davis Transformations Color woodcut printed on silk mounted on rag paper 1994
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Portejoie on the Seine, 1850-1878 Charles-François Daubigny (French, 1817-1878)Oil on wood; 9 5/8 x 17
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Saint Julian the Hospitaler (with Saint Nicholas of Bari), part of an altarpiece Martino di
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Virgin and Child, ca. 1455-60 Dieric Bouts (Netherlandish, active by 1457, died 1475)Oil on wood;
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Shawabti of Yuya, ca. 1391-1353 B.C.E.; Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III; New Kingdom Egyptian;
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Portrait of a Woman Ferdinand Bol (Dutch, 1616-1680)Oil on canvas; 34 3/8 x 28 in.
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Comb, ca. 3200 B.C.E.; Predynastic period EgyptianIvory; H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)Theodore M. Davis
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Madonna and Child, ca. 1480 Vincenzo Foppa (Italian, Lombard, active by 1456, died 1515-16)Tempera, oil,
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Paradise Carlo Saraceni (Italian, Venetian, 1579?–1620)Oil on copper; Overall 21 3/8 x 18 7/8 in.
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Theodore R. Davis Saratoga Springs and Vicinity - Scene of the Inter Collegiate Regatta - Harper's Weekly July 25 1874 Wood engraving 19th century
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The Sibyl, ca. 1654-56 Style of Rembrandt (Dutch, 17th century)Oil on canvas; 38 1/2 x
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Ankh Egyptian New Kingdom Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose IV, 1400-1390 B.C. Bichrome faience Height
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The Adoration of the Shepherds L"Ortolano (Giovanni Battista Benvenuti) (Italian, Ferrarese, active by 1512, died
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Madonna and Child Bartolomeo Vivarini (Italian, Venetian, active 1450-91)Tempera on canvas, laid down on wood,
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Stuart Davis - The Terminal 1937 oil on canvas Hirshhorn Museum American
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Stuart Davis - Garage No. 1 1917 oil on canvas Hirshhorn Museum American
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Stuart Davis - T-View 1932 oil and pencil on ca Hirshhorn Museum American
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Stuart Davis - Odol 1924 oil on cardboard The Museum of Modern Art American
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Ronald Davis - Plinth 1969 polyresin and fiberg Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Gene Davis - Narcissus III 1975 acrylic on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Stuart Davis - Rue des Rats, No. 2 1928 oil and sand on canv Hirshhorn Museum American
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Maggie Davis - Trouble 1990 charcoal and acrylic Polk Museum of Art American
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Saint Anthony Abbot (with Saint John the Baptist), part of an altarpiece Martino di Bartolommeo
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Mask Kom people Cameroon, Western Grassfields, (Tikar group, village of Wum), 19th–20th century Wood, pigment
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Stuart Davis - Composition 1931 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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The Valley of the Nervia, 1884 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 26 x 32
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Stuart Davis - Waterfront 1935 oil on panel Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at The University of Oklahoma American
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Bradley Darius Davis Night Reflections - Ching Ming Color woodcut printed on xuan zhi paper mounted on rag paper 1994
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Britton & Company / Britton & Rey Fort Vigilant, Rooms of the Committe, Sacramento St between Davis & Front / Mass Meeting Endorsing the Acts of the Vigilante Committe June 14th lithograph 1856
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Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian (Roman), 1691-1765 Picture Gallery with Views of Modern Rome 1757 Oil
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Davis, Watson & Co., about 1820 Porringer about 1820 Silver 5 x 20.5 cm (1
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Stela of Pakhery Egyptian Late Period, Dynasty 26, 664–525 B.C. Egypt Wood Height x width
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Sleep, 1867 or 1870 Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824-1898)Oil on canvas; 26 1/8 x
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Samuel William Reynolds, Senior William, Youngest Son of Lord William Russell Mezzotint 18th - 19th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (30)
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Zone 9 Art: Small Talents: Photography Team, Davis and Davis
© 1999 Davis and Davis. All rights reserved.>Artists, Scott Davis and Denise Davis find not only toys, but also relationships and roles for their found objects. The commedia dell’art, which become photos, are not “Hallmark” moments.  The...
Amon Carter Museum: Stuart Davis: Prints and Drawings
Included are the lithographs Davis produced in Paris in 1928–1929; his innovative series of four lithographs from 1931, which are among the most highly regarded prints of the first half of the twentieth-century; and his experimentation with colo...
Forum for Contemporary Art: Miles Draws: The Art of Miles Davis
His doctor prescribed drawing as a way to regain the use of his fingers. From that moment on he drew constantly and obsessively, drawing on everything from sketchbooks to hotel notepads to scrapes of paper and even the cardboard of his shirt boxes. ...
FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL CENTER: Openings: MEREDITH DAVIS, JENNIFER GASSIRARO, AND T.J.JEMISON
Meredith Davis, a recent graduate of TCU, is passionate about painting, literature and travel. While at TCU she participated in summer-study programs in Hungary, Scotland ,and Mexico. Her highly expressive paintings address the construction...
Indianapolis Art Center: WILLIS BING DAVIS: Ceremony and Ritual
Also on view will be the results of a year-long project joining artists from Dayton/Cincinnati and Indianapolis. Nearly twenty artists have visited each other's studios, taken trips and pursued hands-on workshops together. The exhibiti...
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts: Caroline Davis: Water and Light
She often positions her camera so that it is partially submerged, and sometimes even photographs from completely under the water looking up at the person being immersed. This exhibition includes at least 15 of these intimate portrayals of re...
Davis Museum and Cultural Center: Obituary
A conversation with Joseph Bartscherer and Arthur C. Danto, philosopher and art critic for The Nation, will be held from 5:30 t 6:30pm, preceding the reception. The artist and Mr. Danto will discuss the form and content of the work. The rece...
Design Museum, at University of California, Davis: Beyond the Rainbow: Maguey Textiles of Guatemala
Curator Kathy Rousso will hold a free hands-on workshop on Saturday July 23 from 9 am to 5 pm. She will be demonstrating how to create small net bags using similar techniques to those displayed in the exhibition. All ages are welcomed. Please call...
Cantor Arts Center Stanford University: Food, Frogs, and Fido: Works on Paper by David Gilhooly
Gilhooly studied at the University of California at Davis in the 1960s, and ceramic work by him will be on view in the exhibition "Fired at Davis: Figurative Ceramic Sculpture by Robert Arneson, Visiting Professors, and Students at UC-Davis, from ...
Design Museum, at University of California, Davis: Reality to Fantasy: The Evolution of Theme Park Design
Theme park attractions begin with a mythology, or established story, and are designed around that theme, with enhancements that involve theatrical design; graphics; interior and architectural design; mechanical engineering; even marketing and adve...
Design Museum, at University of California, Davis: Dolph Gotelli's 34 Years of Fantasy and Play
The exhibition highlights his collections and 34 years of classroom teaching and themed exhibitions in the Design Museum. Artifacts from Gotelli’s diverse collections will be displayed in several multimedia settings: international folk toys, ethno...
Artery - Artist Cooperative of Davis: Fabric Art: On and Off the Wall - Marjan Kluepfel and Connie Taxiera
Marjan has lived around the world (the Netherlands, Australia, Hawaii, and Southern US). The natural wonders of these locations inspire her art quilts. Using many techniques including fabric dyeing, painting, printing, pleating, and machine embroi...
Addison Gallery of American Art: Parallel Perspectives: Early Twentieth Century American Art
Painting, sculpture, and works on paper by artists such as George Inness, Ralph Blakekock, George Bellows, Patrick Henry Bruce, Arthur B. Davies, Stuart Davis, Charles Demuth, Marsden Hartley, and Georgia O’Keeffe present the multiple voices of Am...
Changing Room: Dirk Bell, Kate Davis, Alan Michael
he exhibition brings together new work by three artists, from Glasgow and Berlin. It centres on their use of drawing and mixed media to make work with multiple meanings around notions of memory, representation, beauty and layering of images. Di...
Artery - Artist Cooperative of Davis: The Australian Artery Exchange: Angela Buckingham, Doug
Alicja Kuzmycz paints in a darkly cinematic style, delving into the theme of female identity, particularly that of the femme fatale. Martha Lord's paintings are about mood and space, portraying thoughts through abstract compositions in the fo...
Davis Museum and Cultural Center: Bridging the Border: Shared Themes in Mexican and U.S. Art 1900 – 1950
Four themes: The City, Rural Traditions, Responses to European Modernism, and Protest and Persuasion break the show into sections that highlight areas of exchange during the first fifty years of the 20th century. Each category compares works by ...
Davis Museum and Cultural Center: Village Works: Photographs by Women in China's Yunnan Province
The photographers--- village women and Women's Federation cadres, aged 18 to 57 years--- had no previous experience with photography. Yet, they learned to use Instamatic cameras to record the familiar people, scenes, and ev...
Portland Museum of Art: Hamilton Easter Field Art Foundation Collection
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Design Museum, at University of California, Davis: Design for Stage and Screen: The Worlds of John Iacovelli
Iacovelli won his Emmy for the A&E broadcast version of the national tour and Broadway production of Peter Pan, starring Cathy Rigby. Last year, at age 41, he was awarded the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for Lifetime Achievement in Scenic Desi...
Photomedia Center: 2004 Open Exhibition at Urraro Gallery
This exhibition is made possible by a grant from The Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts program. The Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA) program is a partnership initiative between local arts organizations and the Pennsylvania Council on the Ar...
Oakland Museum of California: Tony Natsoulas: At the Scultpure Court
Tony Natsoulas was born in 1959 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He earned a Masters of Fine Art from The University of California at Davis in 1985. Natsoulas has shown in numerous group and solo exhibtions in Cali...
Auckland Art Gallery: A Tale to Tell
Nineteenth century painters loved to depict a moment in a narrative drawn from history, literature or the society of their own time. Many Victorian paintings were constructed so that the spectator could complete the narrative in their own way.<...
Design Museum, at University of California, Davis: The Ghost and the Beauty Queen: Festivals of Northeast Thailand
Every July at the full moon, the sleepy northeastern Thai city of Ubon Ratchathani comes alive with a spectacular two-day citywide parade called Khao Phansa. The event celebrates the beginning of the Buddhist Rains Retreat, the period when monks ...
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts: Beyond and Behind the Mask
The exhibition was juried by nationally renowned artist, Willis Bing Davis of Ohio. Beatrice Lebreton of Dallas, Texas is one of the artists whose work was selected. An image of her entry, *Passi...
John Natsoulas Gallery: Pat Mahony and Frank Damian: June 2005 Landscape Art Exhibition
No longer considered to be a mid-career artist, Pat Mahony is now an established and well-known painter. Twenty-five years ago her architectural buildings and storefronts gave her international acclaim. For the last fifteen years she has been pr...
Davis Museum and Cultural Center: The Last Expression: Art and Auschwitz
Drawn from collections in Poland, Israel, the United States, Germany and France, the artwork contains genres ranging from self-portraits and landscapes to illustrated letters, political cartoons, caricatures and images of camp existence. The work...
John Natsoulas Gallery: Sacramento Valley Landscape Painters
The collection of landscape paintings in the exhibition ranges from the very early works done in the 1930s by artists such as Maynard Dixon and Otis Oldfield, to landscape paintings by contemporary artists that include Gregory Kondos, Wayne Thieb...
Design Museum, at University of California, Davis: Retro Hand-Printed Textiles; a Visual Remembrance from the Studios of Katherine Westphal and Ed Rossbach
Some of the textiles are dated, and illustrate a progression in image, technique, dye and materials--a visual history of the change in ideas about textile printing, materials, and new technology. These hand-printed fabrics used the simplest of pr...
Art Directors Club Gallery: FAAR OUT: Six Months in Rome
"The Rome Prize in Design attracts the most diverse candidates," said Adele Chatfield-Taylor Academy President and Design Fellow (FAAR ’84). "Since 1965, the Academy has been granting fellowships to two designers a year. This exhibit recognizes th...
Montclair Art Museum: WILL BARNET: A TIMELESS WORLD
IMAGE:
Will Barnet
Old Mans Afternoon, 1947
Oil on canvas
47 x 36 in.
Private collection Works from the Permanent Collection of The Montclair Art Museum by ...

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