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1898 Rochester, New York - 1979 New York City. Known for: Non objective, abstract painting, illustration, teaching.
Morris Davidson (Rochester 1898—New York City 1979). Born to Sophia and Harris Davidson, Morris studied art in Baltimore, where he spent much of his childhood, and between 1916 and 1918 at the Art... Read full biography
Morris Davidson (Rochester 1898—New York City 1979). Born to Sophia and Harris Davidson, Morris studied art in Baltimore, where he spent much of his childhood, and between 1916 and 1918 at the Art Institute of Chicago. Davidson continued his education in Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1920 when he... Read full biography
Morris Davidson (Rochester 1898—New York City 1979). Born to Sophia and Harris Davidson, Morris studied art in Baltimore, where he spent much of his childhood, and between 1916 and 1918 at the Art Institute of Chicago. Davidson continued his education in Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1920 when he studied there with George Elmer Browne. He had the opportunity to see the work of twentieth-century modernists in Paris when he went there to study painting in 1923-24, and when he returned to Europe... Read full biography
Morris Davidson (Rochester 1898—New York City 1979). Born to Sophia and Harris Davidson, Morris studied art in Baltimore, where he spent much of his childhood, and between 1916 and 1918 at the Art Institute of Chicago. Davidson continued his education in Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1920 when he studied there with George Elmer Browne. He had the opportunity to see the work of twentieth-century modernists in Paris when he went there to study painting in 1923-24, and when he returned to Europe about seven years later. French art would influence the development of his own approach to abstraction upon his return to the US. Almost from the start, Davidson was a teacher as well as a student, having been an instructor in painting and drawing at... Read full biography
Morris Davidson (Rochester 1898—New York City 1979). Born to Sophia and Harris Davidson, Morris studied art in Baltimore, where he spent much of his childhood, and between 1916 and 1918 at the Art Institute of Chicago. Davidson continued his education in Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1920 when he studied there with George Elmer Browne. He had the opportunity to see the work of twentieth-century modernists in Paris when he went there to study painting in 1923-24, and when he returned to Europe about seven years later. French art would influence the development of his own approach to abstraction upon his return to the US. Almost from the start, Davidson was a teacher as well as a student, having been an instructor in painting and drawing at the Minneapolis Institute of Art in 1921-22, at the Art Institute of Chicago, in Rockport, Massachusetts, and... Read full biography
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Keywords (40)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Non Objective Subject
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked After 1900
- •Provincetown, Massachusetts
- •Rockport, Massachusetts
Art Association
- •American Abstract Artists-
- •Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors
- •Provincetown Art Association-
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Art Teacher
- •Charles Hawthorne
- •George Elmer Browne
Art School
- •Academie de la Grand Chaumiere, Paris, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Maryland Institute of Design, College of Art, Student
- •Minneapolis School of Fine Art/College Art & Design, Teacher
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Provincetown Art Association
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Baltimore Museum of Art
- •Detroit Institute of Art
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts