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1864 Winchendon, Massachusetts - 1938 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Alaskan landscape painting, illustrator, mural.
Landscape painter, muralist and illustrator with a specialty in Alaskan scenes dating from 1898, Leonard Davis was born in Winchendon, Massachusetts. He also painted extensively in the national... Read full biography
Landscape painter, muralist and illustrator with a specialty in Alaskan scenes dating from 1898, Leonard Davis was born in Winchendon, Massachusetts. He also painted extensively in the national parks. He went to New York City College and then worked as a printer and wood finisher until 1884 when he... Read full biography
Landscape painter, muralist and illustrator with a specialty in Alaskan scenes dating from 1898, Leonard Davis was born in Winchendon, Massachusetts. He also painted extensively in the national parks. He went to New York City College and then worked as a printer and wood finisher until 1884 when he enrolled in the Art Students League in New York City for five years. Then he studied in Paris at Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Academie Julian under Jean Paul Laurens, Jules Lefebvre and Benjamin... Read full biography
Landscape painter, muralist and illustrator with a specialty in Alaskan scenes dating from 1898, Leonard Davis was born in Winchendon, Massachusetts. He also painted extensively in the national parks. He went to New York City College and then worked as a printer and wood finisher until 1884 when he enrolled in the Art Students League in New York City for five years. Then he studied in Paris at Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Academie Julian under Jean Paul Laurens, Jules Lefebvre and Benjamin Constant. An itinerant, he made trips to Alaska where he was a gold miner, and he focused his painting skills on scenes of Alaska. He became a portrait painter, art teacher and lecturer on Alaska. In 1930, he settled in Tarzana, California. Source:. Edan... Read full biography
Landscape painter, muralist and illustrator with a specialty in Alaskan scenes dating from 1898, Leonard Davis was born in Winchendon, Massachusetts. He also painted extensively in the national parks. He went to New York City College and then worked as a printer and wood finisher until 1884 when he enrolled in the Art Students League in New York City for five years. Then he studied in Paris at Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Academie Julian under Jean Paul Laurens, Jules Lefebvre and Benjamin Constant. An itinerant, he made trips to Alaska where he was a gold miner, and he focused his painting skills on scenes of Alaska. He became a portrait painter, art teacher and lecturer on Alaska. In 1930, he settled in Tarzana, California. Source:. Edan Hughes, Artists in California, 1786-1940
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Keywords (35)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Itinerant Artist
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Desert Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Alaska Before 1940
- •California Before 1940
- •Pacific Northwest Before 1900
Art Association
- •American Federation of Arts
- •National Arts Club, New York
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Art Teacher
- •Benjamin Jean-Joseph Constant
- •Jean Paul Laurens
- •Jules-Joseph Lefebvre
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Mural Specialty
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
- •Snowscene Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Society of Independent Artists--