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Gerald Vivian Davis

Gerald Vivian Davis (1899 - 1987) was active/lived in New Jersey, New York / France, France.  Gerald Davis is known for Portrait and figure painting-notables.

Born Brooklyn, NY, September 8, 1899; died Summit, NJ, Dec. 21, 1987. Painter, specialized in portraits. Teacher. Studied Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academié Julian in Paris. Taught architecture at the University of Kansas, Lawrence from 59 1947-51. Member; Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris; Mid-American Art; Kansas Fed. Art; Prairie Watercolor Society; Societe Nationale Independents; Architectural League; Exhibitions; Salon Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1929-39; Salon d'Automne 1930-39.

SOURCES:
Susan Craig, "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)"
Festival of Kansas Arts and Crafts. Catalog: Arts and Crafts of Kansas: an Exhibition held in Lawrence, Feb. 18-22, 1948 in the Community Building. Lawrence: World Co., 1948; Who’s Who in American Art. New York: American Federation of Arts, 1936- v.1=1936-37 v.3= 1941-42 v.2=1938-39 v.4=1940-47. 1946, 1947; Julian; Beach; AskArt, www.askart.com, accessed Sept. 2, 2005; Family Search. Version 2.5.0. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 2002. www.FamilySearch.org accessed July 14, 2006; KU Archives File (Faculty & Staff at the University of Kansas, card catalog file located in the Spencer Research Library); Dawdy 3: Dawdy, Doris Ostrander. Artists of the American West: A Biographical Dictionary. Volume 3. Chicago: Swallow Press, 1985..

This and over 1,750 other biographies can be found in Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945) compiled by Susan V. Craig, Art & Architecture Librarian at University of Kansas.

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