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1904 Bessemer, Alabama - 1973. Known for: Modernist figure-genre painting, musician.
DAVID SINCLAIR NIXON (1904 -1973). Born in Bessemer, Alabama to Edith and John Burbage, David Sinclair Nixon assumed the last name Nixon from his mother's second husband. He lived and worked as an... Read full biography
DAVID SINCLAIR NIXON (1904 -1973). Born in Bessemer, Alabama to Edith and John Burbage, David Sinclair Nixon assumed the last name Nixon from his mother's second husband. He lived and worked as an artist and musician (violinist) in Paris where he formed friendships with Ezra Pound, Lyle Saxon, and... Read full biography
DAVID SINCLAIR NIXON (1904 -1973). Born in Bessemer, Alabama to Edith and John Burbage, David Sinclair Nixon assumed the last name Nixon from his mother's second husband. He lived and worked as an artist and musician (violinist) in Paris where he formed friendships with Ezra Pound, Lyle Saxon, and many other notable art-world figures. He was also accomplished in puppetry. He returned to New Orleans due to the outbreak of WWII. In the 1940's he opened the Little Gallery on Royal Street, where he... Read full biography
DAVID SINCLAIR NIXON (1904 -1973). Born in Bessemer, Alabama to Edith and John Burbage, David Sinclair Nixon assumed the last name Nixon from his mother's second husband. He lived and worked as an artist and musician (violinist) in Paris where he formed friendships with Ezra Pound, Lyle Saxon, and many other notable art-world figures. He was also accomplished in puppetry. He returned to New Orleans due to the outbreak of WWII. In the 1940's he opened the Little Gallery on Royal Street, where he showcased his own work and that of many other artists. He also opened the David S. Nixon Art Foundation and Gallery on Madison St. in the French Quarter, with his wife June Prudhomme, as part of the complex of buildings she had purchased there and... Read full biography
DAVID SINCLAIR NIXON (1904 -1973). Born in Bessemer, Alabama to Edith and John Burbage, David Sinclair Nixon assumed the last name Nixon from his mother's second husband. He lived and worked as an artist and musician (violinist) in Paris where he formed friendships with Ezra Pound, Lyle Saxon, and many other notable art-world figures. He was also accomplished in puppetry. He returned to New Orleans due to the outbreak of WWII. In the 1940's he opened the Little Gallery on Royal Street, where he showcased his own work and that of many other artists. He also opened the David S. Nixon Art Foundation and Gallery on Madison St. in the French Quarter, with his wife June Prudhomme, as part of the complex of buildings she had purchased there and in which they lived. There was even a puppet theatre and 200-seat auditorium, which they later leased out as the Gallery Circle Theatre.... Read full biography
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Keywords (20)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Mythology, Legends
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Asia, Orient
- •Europe
- •France After 1900
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked After 1900
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty