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Bernard Johann de Hoog (Dutch, 1867 to 1943) Bernard Johann de Hoog was born in 1867 in Amsterdam, where he later studied under J.F. Hulk and J.C. van Essen and worked. He also worked in Laren, Haarlem and The Hague. De Hoog was a renowned portrait and genre painter in his time. He is particularly well known for his interior scenes, especially those portraying maternal love for which he attained great celebrity. He passed [...] Click here to continue reading. Theodore de Bry (German, circa 1527 to 1598) A German publisher and engraver, Theodore de Bry was born in Liege, Belgium circa 1527 and moved to Frankfurt-am-Main circa 1570, where he established an engraving, publishing and bookselling business. He died in 1598. De Bry is known to have engraved a number of charts in Waghenaer’s The Mariner’s Mirrour published in London in 1588. In that same year, also in London, an account was published [...] Click here to continue reading. Dawson Dawson-Watson (American, 1864 to 1939) Dawson-Watson is the son of painter and illustrator John Dawson-Watson of London, England. The family lived in St. John’s Wood, London, a fashionable residential district made up of artists, authors and actors and here Dawson Dawson-Watson spent his early life. At the age of 8, he entered the Diocesan Grammar School in South Sea, England, where he made rapid progress in his art work and at the [...] Click here to continue reading. Moses Dawson Biographical Note Moses Dawson was an important figure in early 19th century Cincinnati political and social life. An Irish immigrant, he was a lifelong supporter of the cause of independence. In Cincinnati, he was known as a “Jackson man” and fervent anti-Whig. His ownership and editorial columns in “The Inquisitor” and “Cincinnati Advertiser” supplied him with a sounding board for his wide ranging political, economic and religious opinions. In spite of [...] Click here to continue reading. Montague Dawson, RSMA, FRSA (1895-1973) The enduring appeal of Montague Dawson’s paintings has assured his position in major museums and private collections. Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, commissioned him to paint the Royal Yacht Britannia, and his work is included in several Presidential collections beginning with Eisenhower. His place as the greatest marine painter has remained unchallenged. Dawson was born in Chiswick, London in 1895 but moved as a youngster with his family to Smugglers’ [...] Click here to continue reading. Manierre Dawson (1887 to 1969) Manierre Dawson studied Civil Engineering at the Armour Institute of Technology in Illinois and his work appeared to be influenced by this background. He was one of the earliest American modernists to explore non-objective abstraction. He began his career as an architectural draftsman, going to work in 1909 for the firm of Holabird and Roche, although he was also painting at the same time, having begun a series of [...] Click here to continue reading. Homer G. Davisson (1866-1957 A student at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Davisson also studied at the Art Students League (NYC) and the Corcoran School of Art (Washington D.C.). Born in 1866, Davisson painted in the U.S. and in Europe, and his subject matter was primarily landscapes. He exhibited at the Hoosier Salon, Swope Art Gallery, Fort Wayne Art Museum, and the Indiana Art Club. He was a charter member of the [...] Click here to continue reading. Warren B. Davis (1865-1928) Best known for his paintings of idealized female figures, Warren Davis studied at the Art Students League in New York. He was also a magazine illustrator, and many of his depictions of ethereal-appearing goddesses were on the covers of Vanity Fair. Later in his career he became a skilled etcher and exhibited in Europe and the United States including the Pennsylvania Academy and the Salmagundi Club. Information courtesy of [...] Click here to continue reading. Charles Harold Davis (1856-1933) Born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, Charles Harold Davis studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and subsequently trained and worked in Paris throughout much of the 1880′s. Upon his return to the United States, Davis settled in Mystic, Connecticut, where he worked and lived until his death in 1933. Note courtesy of Skinner Inc. Jeanne Davies The American folk artist Jeanne Davies was born in 1936, graduated from the Scotch Plains, New Jersey, school system and briefly attended the New York School of Visual Arts. After living in the mid-west and south as part of her husband Lawrence’s business transfers, the Davies settled in Ambler, Pennsylvania where they have lived since 1964. In the early 1970′s Jeanne began to paint and sell her work, including primitive portraits, theorems, [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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