Arthur B. Davies initially paints quasi-Impressionist atmospheric…
1890 CE
A gifted draftsman and painter trained in his native Utica, he had attended the Chicago Academy of Design and from 1879 to 1882 traveled in the West to Colorado and Mexico City where he worked as a drafting civil engineer.
He briefly attended the Chicago Art Institute and in 1885 moved to New York City where he studied at the Art Students League and Gotham Art Students League, and supports himself as a billboard painter, engineering draftsman, and magazine illustrator.
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Arthur B. Davies: Along the Erie Canal (1890). Oil on canvas 18 1/8 x 40 1/8 in. x 46.0375 x 101.9175 cm.; Framed: 24 in x 45 3/4 in x 3 in; 60.96 cm x 116.21 cm x 7.62 cm. The Phillips Collection.
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