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Nicolaus Davis

Nicolaus Davis (or Nikolaus Davis Greek: Νικόλαος Δάβης (1 January 1883 – 4 August 1967) was a Greek genre and landscape painter.

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Biography

He was born in Amorgos as a son of a merchant. His parents moved to Athens where he visited the School of Arts as a guest lecturer. In 1908 with a scholarship he went to Munich and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich. His teachers there were Carl von Marr and Ludwig von Lofftz. Davis became member of the Muich Artist Union (Munchner Kunstlergenossenschaft) and participated at the international Glaspalast exhibitions in 1918, 1919, 1922 and 1925. His studio was in Schwabing.

Nicolaus Davis died in Ebersberg (near Munich) in 1967.

Works

Especially his still lifes were reproduced as post cards.

Among his works are:

  • Two masted bargue in full sail
  • Lake Chiemsee (formerly Heinrich Hausmann Collection)

    • Literature

  • Dresslers Kunsthandbuch, Band II, Berlin 1930, S.169
  • Kunstlerlexikon Vollmer, Band I., 1953, S.625
  • Munchner Maler im 19./20. Jahrhundert, Band 5 Achmann-Kursell, 1993

    • References

    Nicolaus Davis Wikipedia
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