Charles Harold Davis

Charles Harold Davis
American
(1856-1933)

All Hallows Eve, oil on canvas, 40"x50" (image), 46"x56" (framed), s.l.l.

Born in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Inspired to paint after viewing exhibit of French Barbizon paintings in Boston. In 1881, went to Paris and lived for 10 years. Painted Tonal landscapes in Barbizon mode. 1890, returned to U.S. and settled in Mystic, Connecticut, where his style developed into a more Impressionist style. 1895, focused on his most popular theme, cloudscapes. The low horizons and big skies with clouds shadowing the landscape were were full of color and sunlight.

Studied: with Otto Grundmann at School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Academie Julian.

Exhibited: Paris Salon; Paris Exposition; William Macbeth Gallery, New York; Doll and Richards Gallery, Boston; Chicago Art Institute; National Academy of Design, NY; Armory Show of 1913; Pan-Pacific Exposition in 1915; and more.

Member: leader of Mystic Art Colony; founded Mystic art Association, 1913; Society of American Artists, NY; National Academy of Design; Lotos Club; and National Arts Club, NY.

Awards: Honorable Mention (Paris Salon, 1887); Honorable Mention (Paris Salon, 1887); Silver Medal (Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889); Palmer Prize (Art Institute of Chicago, 1890); Medal (Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association, Boston, 1890); Medal (Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893); Grand Gold Medal (American Art Association, New York, 1896); Cash Prize (American Art Association, 1897) Potter Palmer Prize (Chicago Art Institute, 1898); Bronze Medal (Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900); Lippincott Prize (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1901); Silver Medal (Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901); Silver Medal (Universal Exposition, St. Louis, 1904); Silver Medal (Universal Exposition International, 1910); Gold Medal (Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, 1915); Second W.A. Clark Prize and Corcoran Silver Medal (Corcoran Gallery, Washington, 1920); Saltus Medal (National Academy of Design, 1921).

In the collection of: LA County Museum of Art; Oakland Museum of California; Bruce Museum of Arts and Science; Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art; New Britain Museum of American Art; Lyman Allyn Museum; National Gallery of Art; Smithsonian American Art Museum; Art Institute of Chicago; Georgia Museum of Art; Addison Gallery of American Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Springfield Museum of Fine Art; Brooklyn Museum of Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Butler Institute of American Art; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Carnegie Museum of Art; Mystic Art Association Gallery; and more.

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