Randall Davey

Randall Davey studied at Cornell University. Gustaf Dalstrom and Frederick Shane are recorded as having studied under Randall Davey. The recorded working language is English. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Residence is recorded at Randall Davey House and Washington Place. Employment is recorded with University of New Mexico. Works named in the authority record are Randall Davey giraffe mural, Isabel in the Garden and Paul Robeson. Work by Randall Davey is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, New Mexico Museum of Art and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

• Name — Randall Davey • Born — 1887 • Birthplace — East Orange, New Jersey, U.S. • Died — November 1964 • Place of death — Baker, California, U.S. • Education — Cornell University • Occupation — Painter, art educator • Employer — University of New Mexico

Davey was born East Orange, New Jersey on May 24, 1887. He graduated from Cornell University in 1909.

• Illustration — Portrait of Ruth Bohan by Randall Davey, c.1920 • Illustration — Will Rogers (1939), mural for the post office in Claremore, Oklahoma Davey taught art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Kansas City Art Institute, and the Broadmoor Art Academy. He also taught at the University of New Mexico from 1945 to 1956. Davey moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1919, where he established a studio at his Randall Davey House. He was primarily a portrait and equine painter, but he also painted landscapes and still lifes. His artwork was acquired by numerous national museums. It was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in 1933-1934. His work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Davey had a son, William. He was predeceased by his wife. He died in a car accident near Baker, California in November 1964.