American Modernism at Mid-Century: The Work of Morris Davidson
2017Murphy, Kevin D.
128 pages (color)
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1898 Rochester, New York - 1979 New York City. Known for: Non objective, abstract painting, illustration, teaching.
Morris Davidson (Rochester 1898—New York City 1979). Born to Sophia and Harris Davidson, Morris studied art in Baltimore, where he spent much of his childhood, and between 1916 and 1918 at the Art... Read full biography
Morris Davidson (Rochester 1898—New York City 1979). Born to Sophia and Harris Davidson, Morris studied art in Baltimore, where he spent much of his childhood, and between 1916 and 1918 at the Art Institute of Chicago. Davidson continued his education in Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1920 when he... Read full biography
Morris Davidson (Rochester 1898—New York City 1979). Born to Sophia and Harris Davidson, Morris studied art in Baltimore, where he spent much of his childhood, and between 1916 and 1918 at the Art Institute of Chicago. Davidson continued his education in Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1920 when he studied there with George Elmer Browne. He had the opportunity to see the work of twentieth-century modernists in Paris when he went there to study painting in 1923-24, and when he returned to Europe... Read full biography
Morris Davidson (Rochester 1898—New York City 1979). Born to Sophia and Harris Davidson, Morris studied art in Baltimore, where he spent much of his childhood, and between 1916 and 1918 at the Art Institute of Chicago. Davidson continued his education in Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1920 when he studied there with George Elmer Browne. He had the opportunity to see the work of twentieth-century modernists in Paris when he went there to study painting in 1923-24, and when he returned to Europe about seven years later. French art would influence the development of his own approach to abstraction upon his return to the US. Almost from the start, Davidson was a teacher as well as a student, having been an instructor in painting and drawing at... Read full biography
Morris Davidson (Rochester 1898—New York City 1979). Born to Sophia and Harris Davidson, Morris studied art in Baltimore, where he spent much of his childhood, and between 1916 and 1918 at the Art Institute of Chicago. Davidson continued his education in Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1920 when he studied there with George Elmer Browne. He had the opportunity to see the work of twentieth-century modernists in Paris when he went there to study painting in 1923-24, and when he returned to Europe about seven years later. French art would influence the development of his own approach to abstraction upon his return to the US. Almost from the start, Davidson was a teacher as well as a student, having been an instructor in painting and drawing at the Minneapolis Institute of Art in 1921-22, at the Art Institute of Chicago, in Rockport, Massachusetts, and... Read full biography
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesAnnual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)538 pagesMantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pagesThe Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
1984
(Exhibition catalog)Marlor, Clark S600 pagesDictionary of American Artists
1982Opitz, Glenn372 pagesProvincetown Painters 1890's-1970's
1977
(Exhibition catalog)Everson Museum of Art289 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976Jaques Cattell Press756 pagesSmithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975Editor, Smithsonian0 pagesPainting With Prupose
1964Davidson, Morris170 pages (color)An Approach to Modern Painting
1948Davidson, Morris155 pages (color)Painting for Pleasure
1938Davidson, Morris167 pages (color)Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pagesUnderstanding Modern Art
1931Davidson, Morris243 pages (color)