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Francis Davison

Francis Davison (1919 - 1984) was active/lived in United Kingdom.  Francis Davison is known for Abstract painting, collage.

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Francis Davison (1919-1984)

Born in London on 9 June 1919, son of George Davison, who made his fortune as a managing director of Kodak.  He studied at Cambridge where he read English and anthropology but began as a poet and turned to painting after Patrick Heron, a friend from St George's school, Harpenden, invited him to St Ives, Cornwall.  Artist Margaret Mellis (1914-2009), divorced in 1946 from fellow artist Adrian Stokes (1902-1972)who then left the marital home at Carbis Bay, Cornwall, invited Patrick and Delia Heron to stay with her.  They in turn in 1946 invited recently divorced friend, Francis Davison to join them in Cornwall.   Francis and Margaret, struck up a friendship, married in 1948 and were rarely separated thereafter.  The couple spent three years at Davison's father's chateau on the Cap d'Antibes in the South of France before returning to England and settled at Walberswick, Suffolk in 1950 and it was not until then that Davison's   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3082 characters.]  Artist bio

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.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Francis Davison available:    Margaret Mellis,  Paule Vezelay,  Ceri Giraldus Richards,  Richard Lin,  Derrick Greaves,  Mark Gertler,  Ralph Brown,  Leon Underwood,  Prunella Clough,  Mary Fedden,  Vera Spencer,  Mark Lancaster,  Peter Kinley,  Robyn Denny,  Callum Innes,  Peter Haigh,  Gwyther Irwin,  Harold Larry Cohen,  Sir Noel Coward,  Patrick Caulfield,  Wilhelmina (Willie) Barns-Graham,  Cedric Morris,  Graham Vivian Sutherland,  Michael Canney



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Emerald and Jade , c. 1971-73

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2 COTTAGES + BARN IN FIELDS

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UNTITLED 9-9 (FAWN, WHITE, RED AND GREEN)

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BUILDINGS IN A LANDSCAPE , c. 1950-51

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Trees and Fields

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House and Boats

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