Charles Harold Davis

Background

Davis, Charles Harold was born on January 7, 1856 in Amesbury, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James H. and Elizabeth L. (Coffin) Davis.

Education

Having studied at the Académie Julian under Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger, he went to Barbizon and painted much in the forest of Fontainebleau under the traditions of the men of thirty.

Career

A pupil of the schools of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, he was sent to Paris in 1880. In 1890, Davis returned to the United States., settling in Mystic, Connecticut. He shifted to Impressionism in his style, and took up the cloudscapes for which he became best-known.

He eventually became a leading figure in the art colony that had developed in Mystic, and founded the Mystic Art Association in 1913.

He is represented by important works in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New New York The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington.

The Pennsylvania Academy, Philadelphia, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

Achievements

• Charles Harold Davis has been listed as a notable artist by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Angele Legarde, of Paris, 1884 (died 1897). Married second, Frances Thomas, daughter

Father:

James H. Davis

Mother:

Elizabeth L. (Coffin) Davis

Spouse:

Angele Legarde

Spouse:

Frances Thomas