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Herbert Laurence Davidson

Herbert Laurence Davidson (1930 - 2018) was active/lived in Illinois, Wisconsin.  Herbert Davidson is known for Western art, illustrator for Playboy.

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The following text by John Williams appeared in American Artist magazine, July 1980
 
"Portrait of Solitude"

 
The creative life Herbert Davidson pursues is simple, ordered, and solitary, like the pictures he paints. In a sense his pictures are his life, records of the things he sees, of the people he knows and meets, of the experiences he has. Like seeds, he plants these experiences daily in the back of his mind and some take root, grow, and eventually bear fruit.

Davidson has been painting in the detailed, highly polished style that characterizes his work since shortly after he graduated in 1956 from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Upon graduation, he was awarded a traveling fellowship and, for the next year-and-a-half, he roamed around Europe, spending most of his time painting and studying in Florence.

In Europe he was inspired by the stained-glass windows of the Chapel Saint Louis in Paris and the work of the 15th and 16th   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 11110 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Herbert Laurence Davidson

   Herbert Laurence Davidson  Born:  1930 - Green Bay, Wisconsin
Died:   2018
Known for:  Western art, illustrator for Playboy

The following text by John Williams appeared in American Artist magazine, July 1980
 
"Portrait of Solitude"

 
The creative life Herbert Davidson pursues is simple, ordered, and solitary, like the pictures he paints. In a sense his pictures are his life, records of the things he sees, of the people he knows and meets, of the experiences he has. Like seeds, he plants these experiences daily in the back of his mind and some take root, grow, and eventually bear fruit.

Davidson has been painting in the detailed, highly polished style that characterizes his work since shortly after he graduated in 1956 from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Upon graduation, he was awarded a traveling fellowship a  ...  Displaying 750 of 11110 characters.

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