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1903 Hillsboro, Maryland - 1978 New York, New York. Known for: Naive urban street genre painting.
This following biography was researched, compiled, and written by Geoffrey K. Fleming, Executive Director, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV. VESTIE EDWARD DAVIS (November 10, 1903 – November... Read full biography
This following biography was researched, compiled, and written by Geoffrey K. Fleming, Executive Director, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV. VESTIE EDWARD DAVIS (November 10, 1903 – November 1978). A.K.A. “Vestie E. Davis,” “Vesty Davis”. Self-taught painter of city scenes and animals. Born... Read full biography
This following biography was researched, compiled, and written by Geoffrey K. Fleming, Executive Director, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV. VESTIE EDWARD DAVIS (November 10, 1903 – November 1978). A.K.A. “Vestie E. Davis,” “Vesty Davis”. Self-taught painter of city scenes and animals. Born in Hillsboro, Maryland, the son of Jennie D. (b. 1880) and Edward B. Davis (1879 – 1961), his father was a blacksmith and the family resided in Hillsboro, a small town located on the eastern shore of... Read full biography
This following biography was researched, compiled, and written by Geoffrey K. Fleming, Executive Director, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV. VESTIE EDWARD DAVIS (November 10, 1903 – November 1978). A.K.A. “Vestie E. Davis,” “Vesty Davis”. Self-taught painter of city scenes and animals. Born in Hillsboro, Maryland, the son of Jennie D. (b. 1880) and Edward B. Davis (1879 – 1961), his father was a blacksmith and the family resided in Hillsboro, a small town located on the eastern shore of Maryland. While Davis reported doing some drawing as a child, he did not return to his artwork until later in life. During the interim he moved to New York (1928) where he worked for nearly two decades at a variety of jobs, including railroad... Read full biography
This following biography was researched, compiled, and written by Geoffrey K. Fleming, Executive Director, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV. VESTIE EDWARD DAVIS (November 10, 1903 – November 1978). A.K.A. “Vestie E. Davis,” “Vesty Davis”. Self-taught painter of city scenes and animals. Born in Hillsboro, Maryland, the son of Jennie D. (b. 1880) and Edward B. Davis (1879 – 1961), his father was a blacksmith and the family resided in Hillsboro, a small town located on the eastern shore of Maryland. While Davis reported doing some drawing as a child, he did not return to his artwork until later in life. During the interim he moved to New York (1928) where he worked for nearly two decades at a variety of jobs, including railroad conductor, embalmer, circus barker and ticket taker, newsstand operator, pall bearer and organist. The last position, that of or... Read full biography
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Keywords (21)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Style
- •Folk Art, Naive, Primitive
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Naive, Childlike, Intuitive
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Beach Scenes, Bathers, Swimming Genre
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Folk Art, Folk Lore
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
- •Urban Scene, City Genre
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Green-Wood Cemetery Collection
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty