Henry William Banks Davis
Henry William Banks Davis (18331 December 1914) was a popular English landscape and animal painter, noted for his pastoral scenes, often populated with cattle and other farm animals.
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- Name
- Henry William Banks Davis
- Born
- 1833
- Birthplace
- Finchley, London
- Known for
- Landscape art, Animal painter
- Died
- 1914 · Rhayader.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- painter · sculptor
- Fields
- landscape painting
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Henry William Banks Davis (18331 December 1914) was a popular English landscape and animal painter, noted for his pastoral scenes, often populated with cattle and other farm animals.
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• Name — Henry William Banks Davis • Born — 1833 • Birthplace — Finchley, London • Known for — Landscape art, Animal painter
Life and works
Life and works
He studied and exhibited at the Royal Academy, becoming an associate in 1873 and Royal Academician in 1877, and where he was awarded two silver medals. Early works were influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites but he later evolved a more individual style and worked on a larger scale. He achieved popularity and his art commanded high prices during his lifetime.
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1833
Henry William Banks Davis was born on 26 August 1833.
1914
Henry William Banks Davis died on 1 December 1914.
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Paintings
• Illustration — A Shady Spot on a Summers Day (Oil on canvas, 1878) • A Placid Morning on the Wye. • A Shady Spot on a Summers Day. • A Spring Morning, 1866. • An Orchard in Wales. • Approaching Night, 1899 (Tate Gallery). • Foxhounds in a Landscape. • Gathering the Flocks, Loch Maree, 1883. • Landscape. • Orchard with Sheep in Spring (in Wales). • Portrait of a Jack Russell Terrier (in Regency Interior). • Returning to the Fold, 1880 (Tate Gallery). • Studies of a Welsh Cobb. • Sunset over a Landscape. • Towards Evening in the Forest. • Wooded River Landscape with Cattle Watering. • Mother and Son.
A Shady Spot On A Summer's Day
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Henry William Banks Davis is recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Recorded with the occupation sculptor. Connected to 1 other published record in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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