Lot 111 , Harold Christopher Davies, American (1891-1976), 'Huntsville (Alabama Series)'

Harold Christopher Davies (American, (1891-1976))
'Huntsville (Alabama Series)'
1956,
signed, titled and dated verso,
oil on canvas,
61cm x 76cm

£800-1,200
Born in Seattle, WA, Harold Christopher Davies’ family soon moved to Virginia. At the age of 14, Davies began studying art at the Corcoran in Washington, DC and furthered his studies at the San Francisco Institute of Art.
Davies began a career in business causing him to relocate to Huntsville, Alabama (1945-57) and then Long Island, NY until 1969 before retiring to California where he kept a studio on Tomales Bay in Inverness. Painting all the while, Davies was finally able to devote his later years exclusively to painting.
An abstract expressionist, his style was directly influenced by Cezanne, Gorky and de Kooning. Being a man of intense dedication to his art, he kept extensive notebooks and sketchbooks in which he developed his own artistic and aesthetic philosophy, often through his candid critiques of other artist’s works.

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