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1903 Hillsboro, Maryland - 1978 New York, New York. Known for: Naive urban street genre painting.
This following biography was researched, compiled, and written by Geoffrey K. Fleming, Executive Director, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV. VESTIE EDWARD DAVIS (November 10, 1903 – November... Read full biography
This following biography was researched, compiled, and written by Geoffrey K. Fleming, Executive Director, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV. VESTIE EDWARD DAVIS (November 10, 1903 – November 1978). A.K.A. “Vestie E. Davis,” “Vesty Davis”. Self-taught painter of city scenes and animals. Born... Read full biography
This following biography was researched, compiled, and written by Geoffrey K. Fleming, Executive Director, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV. VESTIE EDWARD DAVIS (November 10, 1903 – November 1978). A.K.A. “Vestie E. Davis,” “Vesty Davis”. Self-taught painter of city scenes and animals. Born in Hillsboro, Maryland, the son of Jennie D. (b. 1880) and Edward B. Davis (1879 – 1961), his father was a blacksmith and the family resided in Hillsboro, a small town located on the eastern shore of... Read full biography
This following biography was researched, compiled, and written by Geoffrey K. Fleming, Executive Director, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV. VESTIE EDWARD DAVIS (November 10, 1903 – November 1978). A.K.A. “Vestie E. Davis,” “Vesty Davis”. Self-taught painter of city scenes and animals. Born in Hillsboro, Maryland, the son of Jennie D. (b. 1880) and Edward B. Davis (1879 – 1961), his father was a blacksmith and the family resided in Hillsboro, a small town located on the eastern shore of Maryland. While Davis reported doing some drawing as a child, he did not return to his artwork until later in life. During the interim he moved to New York (1928) where he worked for nearly two decades at a variety of jobs, including railroad... Read full biography
This following biography was researched, compiled, and written by Geoffrey K. Fleming, Executive Director, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV. VESTIE EDWARD DAVIS (November 10, 1903 – November 1978). A.K.A. “Vestie E. Davis,” “Vesty Davis”. Self-taught painter of city scenes and animals. Born in Hillsboro, Maryland, the son of Jennie D. (b. 1880) and Edward B. Davis (1879 – 1961), his father was a blacksmith and the family resided in Hillsboro, a small town located on the eastern shore of Maryland. While Davis reported doing some drawing as a child, he did not return to his artwork until later in life. During the interim he moved to New York (1928) where he worked for nearly two decades at a variety of jobs, including railroad conductor, embalmer, circus barker and ticket taker, newsstand operator, pall bearer and organist. The last position, that of or... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesMuseum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of 20th Century Folk Art and Artists
1990Rosenak, Chuck and Jan416 pages (color)The Art of New York
1983Chwast, Seymour/S Heller190 pagesAmerican Folk Art of the Twentieth Century
1983Johnson, Jay; William Ketchum342 pages (color)Folk Painters of America
1979Bishop, Robert255 pages (color)