ARTIST: Kenneth Davies (Connecticut, Massachusetts, 1925 - 2017)
TITLE: Portrait of Man
YEAR: 1945
MEDIUM: oil on canvas board
CONDITION: Some small damages to corners. Minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light.
ART SIZE: 20 x 16 inches / 50 x 40 cm
FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)
SIGNATURE: lower left
NAME VARIANTS: Ken Davies
LOCATION: This lot is located at our Dania Beach, FL office.
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
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SKU#: 124842
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BIOGRAPHY:
Kenneth Davies (December 20, 1925 - December 24, 2017) was an American painter based in Madison, Connecticut, known for his trompe-l'oeil work. Ken Davies was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He attended Yale University, where he painted his first important oil painting, "Lighthouses in the Alps". The work captured the attention of New York City cultural figure Lincoln Kirstein, who helped Davies attain showings of his early works in 1950 at the Hewitt Gallery. He also received a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation fellowship that year. His first solo show was at the Hewitt Gallery in 1951, and every painting sold. He taught at the Paier School of Art in Hamden, Connecticut. During his forty years there, he taught such notable artists as Joseph Reboli; and eventually became the dean. In 1962, he decided to refocus on his Still life painting, and enjoyed further success, with gallery representation from Hirschl and Adler Galleries. His first solo show there was in 1978.Davies' labor-intensive technique involves sable brushes, resulting in paintings that appear almost like photographs, but with trompe-l'oeil and Surrealist effects.