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Mary Davis BIOGRAPHY
1907 - 1989. Known for: Floral still life.
Mary Davis attended Portland's Museum Art School and studied privately with Maude Wanker, Lucia Wiley, and Hilda and Carl Morris. She exhibited at the Portland and Seattle Art Museums and in many... Read full biography
Mary Davis attended Portland's Museum Art School and studied privately with Maude Wanker, Lucia Wiley, and Hilda and Carl Morris. She exhibited at the Portland and Seattle Art Museums and in many local galleries, as well as the San Francisco Museum of Art and the California Palace of the Legion of... Read full biography
Mary Davis attended Portland's Museum Art School and studied privately with Maude Wanker, Lucia Wiley, and Hilda and Carl Morris. She exhibited at the Portland and Seattle Art Museums and in many local galleries, as well as the San Francisco Museum of Art and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. The paintings of Mary Davis have either literal or abstract references to nature. These are subtle works that evoke haunting and mystical images. Mother of artist Richard Davis, she was also... Read full biography
Mary Davis attended Portland's Museum Art School and studied privately with Maude Wanker, Lucia Wiley, and Hilda and Carl Morris. She exhibited at the Portland and Seattle Art Museums and in many local galleries, as well as the San Francisco Museum of Art and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. The paintings of Mary Davis have either literal or abstract references to nature. These are subtle works that evoke haunting and mystical images. Mother of artist Richard Davis, she was also known as Mrs. Clyde Davis. Artist biography reproduced with permission from the authors, Oregon Painters: the First Hundred Years (1859-1959), Ginny Allen and Jody Klevit. Source: Portland Museum Website. Submitted By: Matthew Weseley... Read full biography
Mary Davis attended Portland's Museum Art School and studied privately with Maude Wanker, Lucia Wiley, and Hilda and Carl Morris. She exhibited at the Portland and Seattle Art Museums and in many local galleries, as well as the San Francisco Museum of Art and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. The paintings of Mary Davis have either literal or abstract references to nature. These are subtle works that evoke haunting and mystical images. Mother of artist Richard Davis, she was also known as Mrs. Clyde Davis. Artist biography reproduced with permission from the authors, Oregon Painters: the First Hundred Years (1859-1959), Ginny Allen and Jody Klevit. Source: Portland Museum Website. Submitted By: Matthew Weseley
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Mary Davis attended Portland's Museum Art School and studied privately with Maude Wanker, Lucia Wiley, and Hilda and Carl Morris.
She exhibited at the Portland and Seattle Art Museums and in many local galleries, as well as the San Francisco Museum of Art and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor.
The paintings of Mary Davis have either literal or abstract references to nature. These are subtle works that evoke haunting and mystical images. Mother of artist Richard Davis, she was also known as Mrs. Clyde Davis.
Artist biography reproduced with permission from the authors, Oregon Painters: the First Hundred Years (1859-1959), Ginny Allen and Jody Klevit.
Source: Portland Museum Website
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