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Robert Charles Davidson

Robert Charles Davidson (Born 1946) is active/lives in British Columbia, Alaska / Canada.  Robert Davidson is known for Wood carving, printmaking, jewelry making, teaching.

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Robert Charles Davidson CM, OBC, DFA, LLD, RCA (1946)

"The only way tradition can be carried on is to keep inventing new things." - Robert Davidson (1)

An important Canadian printmaker, painter, carver, sculptor, jewellery maker and educator, Robert Charles Davidson was born in Hydaberg, Alaska and currently divides his time between Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) and Vancouver, British Columbia. Davidson is an icon of Haida Art* and perhaps its greatest living Canadian artist. His awards include the Order of British Columbia (1995) and the Order of Canada (1996). His works are in numerous private and corporate collections, and hundreds of examples are in Canadian museums.

His mediums include serigraph*, lithograph*, acrylic, watercolor, gouache*, graphite, ink, argillite*, aluminum, stone, wood, silver, gold, bronze, painted basketry, carved masks, totem poles, found objects, and mixed mediums. His subjects are faces, figures, animals, fish, birds, mythology   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7575 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Robert Charles Davidson


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Art Method
  • Direct Carver, Hand Carving
  • Easel Painting
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Jewelry Making, Jewelry Design
Art MediaArt Association
  • Northwest Coast Indian Artists Guild
Awards/Recognition
  • Audain Prize in the Visual Arts
  • Governor General's Award for Arts, Canada
Ethnicity of Artist
  • Haida: First Nations, Canada

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