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1829 Setauket, New York - 1920 Port Jefferson, New York. Known for: Still life, landscape, marine and genre painting, drawing, teaching.
Born in Setauket, New York William Davis was a painter of trompe l'oeil still life, genre, and landscapes and was primarily self taught. He trained as a boat builder in Port Jefferson, Long Island.... Read full biography
Born in Setauket, New York William Davis was a painter of trompe l'oeil still life, genre, and landscapes and was primarily self taught. He trained as a boat builder in Port Jefferson, Long Island. Davis achieved national recognition in 1962 for three paintings based on the Civil War. The Neglected... Read full biography
Born in Setauket, New York William Davis was a painter of trompe l'oeil still life, genre, and landscapes and was primarily self taught. He trained as a boat builder in Port Jefferson, Long Island. Davis achieved national recognition in 1962 for three paintings based on the Civil War. The Neglected Picture, a trompe l'oeil image of President Jefferson Davis in a frame behind broken glass brought him great fame. The painting was widely reproduced in print and postcard form. In 1868, Davis... Read full biography
Born in Setauket, New York William Davis was a painter of trompe l'oeil still life, genre, and landscapes and was primarily self taught. He trained as a boat builder in Port Jefferson, Long Island. Davis achieved national recognition in 1962 for three paintings based on the Civil War. The Neglected Picture, a trompe l'oeil image of President Jefferson Davis in a frame behind broken glass brought him great fame. The painting was widely reproduced in print and postcard form. In 1868, Davis exhibited still-life paintings at the National Academy of Design. From 1863-1871, he exhibited at the Brooklyn Art Association. In 1872, he moved to Long Island and never again exhibited in New York, possibly because some of his painting was politically... Read full biography
Born in Setauket, New York William Davis was a painter of trompe l'oeil still life, genre, and landscapes and was primarily self taught. He trained as a boat builder in Port Jefferson, Long Island. Davis achieved national recognition in 1962 for three paintings based on the Civil War. The Neglected Picture, a trompe l'oeil image of President Jefferson Davis in a frame behind broken glass brought him great fame. The painting was widely reproduced in print and postcard form. In 1868, Davis exhibited still-life paintings at the National Academy of Design. From 1863-1871, he exhibited at the Brooklyn Art Association. In 1872, he moved to Long Island and never again exhibited in New York, possibly because some of his painting was politically controversial. He associated with William Sidney Mount, and some persons found a strong re... 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 pagesVose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Winter 2003, Volume XI
2003Vose, Marcia Latimore (Editor)36 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesThe Apple of America The Apple in 19th Century American Art
1993
(Exhibition catalog)Weber, Bruce48 pages (color)Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings622 pagesArt Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990Gerdts, William H421 pages (color)American Realist Painting 1945-1980
1989Ward, John L431 pagesBilder aus der Neuen Welt Amerikanische Malerei des 18 und 19 Jahrhunderts
1988Gaehtgens, Thomas W (editor)328 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesLong Island Landscape Painting 1820-1920 (Volume 1)
1985Pisano, Ronald G167 pages (color)Trompe L'Oeil Painting The Illusions of Reality
1982Milman, Miriam127 pages (color)Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set)
1973
(Exhibition catalog)Naylor, Maria1,075 pagesThe Reality of Appearance: Trompe L'Oeil Tradition in American Painting
1970
(Exhibition catalog)Frankenstein, Alfred156 pages (color)Who's Who in Art, American Art Annual, 1917
1917F. Levy, Editor715 pages