Joseph Davol (1864-1923) was born in Chicago. He was educated at Cornell University, but apparently left after a year. He first worked in a Chicago brokerage house, but in 1890 decided he preferred... Read full biography
Joseph Davol (1864-1923) was born in Chicago. He was educated at Cornell University, but apparently left after a year. He first worked in a Chicago brokerage house, but in 1890 decided he preferred an art career. He had some early training in Philadelphia, Boston and New York and eventually rounded... Read full biography
Joseph Davol (1864-1923) was born in Chicago. He was educated at Cornell University, but apparently left after a year. He first worked in a Chicago brokerage house, but in 1890 decided he preferred an art career. He had some early training in Philadelphia, Boston and New York and eventually rounded off his training at the Academie Julian in Paris,1895-1896. He discovered the existing art colony in Ogunquit, Maine and was also influenced there by its leader, Charles Woodbury. Davol stayed there... Read full biography
Joseph Davol (1864-1923) was born in Chicago. He was educated at Cornell University, but apparently left after a year. He first worked in a Chicago brokerage house, but in 1890 decided he preferred an art career. He had some early training in Philadelphia, Boston and New York and eventually rounded off his training at the Academie Julian in Paris,1895-1896. He discovered the existing art colony in Ogunquit, Maine and was also influenced there by its leader, Charles Woodbury. Davol stayed there for most of the rest of his career, producing colorful landscapes and seascapes in a realistic and impressionistic style. In New York City, he was a Salmagundi Club and Fencer's Club member, and in Philadelphia was a member of the Pennsylvania... Read full biography
Joseph Davol (1864-1923) was born in Chicago. He was educated at Cornell University, but apparently left after a year. He first worked in a Chicago brokerage house, but in 1890 decided he preferred an art career. He had some early training in Philadelphia, Boston and New York and eventually rounded off his training at the Academie Julian in Paris,1895-1896. He discovered the existing art colony in Ogunquit, Maine and was also influenced there by its leader, Charles Woodbury. Davol stayed there for most of the rest of his career, producing colorful landscapes and seascapes in a realistic and impressionistic style. In New York City, he was a Salmagundi Club and Fencer's Club member, and in Philadelphia was a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He won a silver medal at the Pan American Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. In art books, he is listed in... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (12)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Maine: A Legacy in Painting, 1830 to the Present (Spanierman Galleries Exhibition) (Exhibition catalog)
2005
Chambers, Bruce (essay)
108 pages (color)
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit