Ronald Davis. 1937 — November 19, 2025. Abstract Illusionist Painter, 1937-2025. "Illusions are real.” – Ron. Ronald W. Davis passed away on November 19, 2025 at home in Arroyo Hondo, NM at the age... Read full biography
Ronald Davis. 1937 — November 19, 2025. Abstract Illusionist Painter, 1937-2025. "Illusions are real.” – Ron. Ronald W. Davis passed away on November 19, 2025 at home in Arroyo Hondo, NM at the age of 88, surrounded by family. A renowned, internationally-known painter since the mid-1960s, Ronald's... Read full biography
Ronald Davis. 1937 — November 19, 2025. Abstract Illusionist Painter, 1937-2025. "Illusions are real.” – Ron. Ronald W. Davis passed away on November 19, 2025 at home in Arroyo Hondo, NM at the age of 88, surrounded by family. A renowned, internationally-known painter since the mid-1960s, Ronald's artwork has been acquired by private collectors and museums around the world, with over 70 solo exhibitions mounted in art galleries from coast to coast. His work is in the permanent collections of... Read full biography
Ronald Davis. 1937 — November 19, 2025. Abstract Illusionist Painter, 1937-2025. "Illusions are real.” – Ron. Ronald W. Davis passed away on November 19, 2025 at home in Arroyo Hondo, NM at the age of 88, surrounded by family. A renowned, internationally-known painter since the mid-1960s, Ronald's artwork has been acquired by private collectors and museums around the world, with over 70 solo exhibitions mounted in art galleries from coast to coast. His work is in the permanent collections of The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; the Museum Of Modern Art, New York; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Chicago Art Institute; The Tate Modern in London; the San Francisco Museum of Art; the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, The... Read full biography
Ronald Davis. 1937 — November 19, 2025. Abstract Illusionist Painter, 1937-2025. "Illusions are real.” – Ron. Ronald W. Davis passed away on November 19, 2025 at home in Arroyo Hondo, NM at the age of 88, surrounded by family. A renowned, internationally-known painter since the mid-1960s, Ronald's artwork has been acquired by private collectors and museums around the world, with over 70 solo exhibitions mounted in art galleries from coast to coast. His work is in the permanent collections of The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; the Museum Of Modern Art, New York; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Chicago Art Institute; The Tate Modern in London; the San Francisco Museum of Art; the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands; The National Gallery of Australia; and others. Ronald is known for his use of geometric abstr... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (61)
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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
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Clement Greenburg: A Critic's Collection Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Wilkin, Karen and Bruce Guenther
0 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
California Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media
1998
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall
560 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
American Images/The SBC Collection of 20th Century American Art
1996
Hopps, Walter (others)
320 pages (color)
Between Reality and Abstraction California Art at the End of the Century (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Stein, Donna
64 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present
1991
Wheeler, Daniel
344 pages (color)
First Impressions Early Prints by Forty-six Contemporary Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Armstrong, Elizabeth
149 pages (color)
Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition)
1989
Naylor, Colin (editor)
1,059 pages
The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
1988
Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy
376 pages (color)
Postwar Paintings from Brandeis University From Brandeis University (Rose Art Museum) (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Belz, Carl;Beth Goldberg
40 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Albright-Knox Art Gallery Painting and Sculpture/Acquisitions since 1972
1987
Krane, Susan
379 pages (color)
Finity / Infinity The Art of Ronald Davis (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Hans Christian von Bayer
24 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Rose Art Museum Selected 20th Century Paintings
1986
Rose Art Museum
147 pages (color)
American Painting: The Twentieth Century (Second edition)
1986
Rose, Barbara
170 pages (color)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection
1985
DuPont, Diana, K Holland
402 pages (color)
Art of the States Works from a Santa Barbara Collection (Exhibition catalog)
1984
McDonald, Robert; Richard Vincent West
80 pages (color)
The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum
1984
Orr-Cahill, Christina
199 pages (color)
Art at Work The Chase Manhattan Collection
1984
Severinghaus, J Walter
333 pages (color)
California Contemporary Recent Work of Twenty Three Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Monterey Peninsula Museum
63 pages
The First Show (1940-1980) Painting and Sculpture from Eight Collections (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Museum of Contemporary Art
293 pages (color)
The Americans/The Collage (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Contemporary Arts Museum
143 pages (color)
Decade Los Angeles Painting in the Seventies (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Art Center College of Design
108 pages (color)
Southern California Artists 1940-1980 (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Ball, Maudette
66 pages (color)
Art in Los Angeles: Seventeen Artists in the Sixties Seventeen Artists in the Sixties (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Tuchman, Maurice
162 pages (color)
Los Angeles Prints 1883-1980 (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Feinblatt, Ebria/Bruce Davis
111 pages
Art in the Seventies
1980
Lucie-Smith, Edward
128 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Art
1979
Baigell, Mathew
390 pages
American Art Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorative Arts
1979
Brown, Milton W (others)
616 pages (color)
Documents, Drawings, and Collages Fifty American Works on Paper (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Butler, Hiram (others)
123 pages
American Painting of the 1970s (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Cathcart, Linda L
111 pages (color)
Art Inc, American Paintings from Corporate Collections Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Kahan, Mitchell Douglas (Intro)
298 pages (color)
Frederick Weisman Collection California Art (Exhibition catalog)
1978
California State U Long Beach
64 pages (color)
Art Since Pop
1978
Walker, John
110 pages (color)
American Painting From the Colonial Period to the Present
1977
Prown, Jules/Barbara Rose
277 pages (color)
New in the Seventies (Archer Huntington Gallery Exhibition) (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Seabolt, Fred/Donald Goodall
60 pages (color)
30 Years of American Printmaking Including 20th National Print Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Baro, Gene
160 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Ronald Davis Paintings 1962-1976 (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Kessler, Charles/G Neubert
48 pages (color)
Painting & Sculpture in California The Modern Era
1976
San Francisco Mus Modern Art
272 pages (color)
The Saint Louis Art Museum Handbook of Collections
1975
Buckley, Charles E
377 pages (color)
Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection
1974
Baur, John I H
235 pages (color)
Sunshine Muse Contemporary Art on the West Coast
1974
Plagens, Peter
200 pages (color)
Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, 1974 (Exhibition catalog)
1974
University of Illinois
136 pages
Contemporary Art Exploring It's Roots and Development
1973
Johnson, Charlotte Buel
96 pages (color)
25 Years of American Painting 1948-1973 (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Kozloff, Max (intro)
72 pages (color)
American Art Third Quarter Century (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Van Der Marck, Jan
138 pages (color)
Contemporary Art 1942-72
1972
Sandler, Irving (intro)
479 pages (color)
Six Painters (Exhibition catalog)
1971
Wood, James N
86 pages (color)
American Painting The Twentieth Century
1970
Rose, Barbara
116 pages
American Painting Part Two: The Twentieth Century
1969
Barbara Rose
0 pages (color)
West Coast 1945-1969 (Exhibition catalog)
1969
Coplans, John
60 pages
Untitled, 1968
1968
San Francisco Museum of Art
60 pages
Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture (Exhibition catalog)