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1896 - 1966 New York City. Known for: Illustrator, genre, caricature, military.
Floyd MacMillan Davis was a well known illustrator especially noted for his depictions of southern rural hill people. He gave much of the credit for the success of his pictures to the critical... Read full biography
Floyd MacMillan Davis was a well known illustrator especially noted for his depictions of southern rural hill people. He gave much of the credit for the success of his pictures to the critical judgment of his wife, painter Gladys Rockmore Davis. Floyd Davis point of view, however, was uniquely his... Read full biography
Floyd MacMillan Davis was a well known illustrator especially noted for his depictions of southern rural hill people. He gave much of the credit for the success of his pictures to the critical judgment of his wife, painter Gladys Rockmore Davis. Floyd Davis point of view, however, was uniquely his own. A gallery of wonderful characters depicted with poetic realism and warm humor peopled his visual world. The wealth of detail in his pictures would seem to have required much study from models or... Read full biography
Floyd MacMillan Davis was a well known illustrator especially noted for his depictions of southern rural hill people. He gave much of the credit for the success of his pictures to the critical judgment of his wife, painter Gladys Rockmore Davis. Floyd Davis point of view, however, was uniquely his own. A gallery of wonderful characters depicted with poetic realism and warm humor peopled his visual world. The wealth of detail in his pictures would seem to have required much study from models or photos of them. In fact, Davis did not use models at all, but relied instead on his remarkably retentive memory and lively imagination. In his early years, he did advertising illustration notable for the fragile beauty and lofty hauteur of the... Read full biography
Floyd MacMillan Davis was a well known illustrator especially noted for his depictions of southern rural hill people. He gave much of the credit for the success of his pictures to the critical judgment of his wife, painter Gladys Rockmore Davis. Floyd Davis point of view, however, was uniquely his own. A gallery of wonderful characters depicted with poetic realism and warm humor peopled his visual world. The wealth of detail in his pictures would seem to have required much study from models or photos of them. In fact, Davis did not use models at all, but relied instead on his remarkably retentive memory and lively imagination. In his early years, he did advertising illustration notable for the fragile beauty and lofty hauteur of the society types he drew. In the thirties, however, Davis began to illustrate stories of humbler subjects. His pictures of southern rural and hil... Read full biography
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Keywords (32)
Art Method
- •Comic Book, Comic Strip Artist, Comic Figures
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Caricatures
- •Female Face and Figure
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •War Scenes, Military Genre, Figure, Portrait, Battles
Art Association
- •Society of Illustrators-
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Caricature Specialty
- •Combat, War Artist: Illustration, Painting or Photography
- •Genre Specialty
- •Illustration Specialty
- •LIFE Magazine Featured Artist
- •LIFE Magazine Illustrator, Photographer
- •SATURDAY EVENING POST Illustrator and/or Photographer
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Society of Illustrators
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts