Allan Albert Davidson (1908 - 1988) Boozy Nightlife Scene, 1970’s
Oil on canvas, signed ‘Allan A. Davison’ along lower left edge, 15 1/2” x 19 1/2” sight, framed to 19 1/2” x 23 1/2”, gold painted frame.
Biography summarized from Peter Kostoulakos, ISA Fine Art Consultant
Davidson was a painter, sculptor, graphic artist and teacher who worked from a studio at 8 Dean Street in Rockport, Massachusetts. He was born in Springfield and moved to Boston as a young child, where he attended Boston Latin School. He studied art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the Fogg Museum in Cambridge, where he earned his BA. He went on to study law at Northeastern University and was a member of the Massachusetts State House Press Gallery, where he worked as an investigative reporter.
During WW2, Davidson was a war correspondent for Stars and Stripes where he interviewed such notables as Picasso, Gertrude Stein, and Charles DeGaulle. After the war he became public relations director of the Children’s Hospital in Boston, and worked closely with doctors of what’s now the Dana-Farber Cancer Research Institute. During this time Davidson wrote a book about childhood cancer called “A Child is Not a Little Man”, which was both controversial and commercially successful.
In 1961 Davidson was appointed the commissioner of the Massachusetts Art Commission. He was also president of the Cape Ann Society of Modern Art, and a member of the American Watercolor Society in New York City, the Boston Watercolor Society, the American Artists Professional League, the Rockport Art Association, and the North Shore Art Association in Gloucester, MA.
Some of Davidson's exhibitions include one man shows in New York Galleries; Berkshire Museum; Worcester Museum; Amherst College; American Watercolor Society in New York City; American Artists Professional League; Boston Watercolor Society; North Shore Art Association in Gloucester, MA; and the Provincetown Art Association in Provincetown, MA. His awards consist of the Henry Gold Medal; Chase Memorial Prize; and the Benson-Hayes-Stuart Award.
References: Who Was Who in American Art, vol. II, page 832; Davenport's Art Reference 2003/2004, page 513; The Boston Globe, April 20, 1988; The Rockport Eagle, September 2, 1971; The Rockport Art Association supplied newspaper articles.
Oil on canvas, signed ‘Allan A. Davison’ along lower left edge, 15 1/2” x 19 1/2” sight, framed to 19 1/2” x 23 1/2”, gold painted frame.
Biography summarized from Peter Kostoulakos, ISA Fine Art Consultant
Davidson was a painter, sculptor, graphic artist and teacher who worked from a studio at 8 Dean Street in Rockport, Massachusetts. He was born in Springfield and moved to Boston as a young child, where he attended Boston Latin School. He studied art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the Fogg Museum in Cambridge, where he earned his BA. He went on to study law at Northeastern University and was a member of the Massachusetts State House Press Gallery, where he worked as an investigative reporter.
During WW2, Davidson was a war correspondent for Stars and Stripes where he interviewed such notables as Picasso, Gertrude Stein, and Charles DeGaulle. After the war he became public relations director of the Children’s Hospital in Boston, and worked closely with doctors of what’s now the Dana-Farber Cancer Research Institute. During this time Davidson wrote a book about childhood cancer called “A Child is Not a Little Man”, which was both controversial and commercially successful.
In 1961 Davidson was appointed the commissioner of the Massachusetts Art Commission. He was also president of the Cape Ann Society of Modern Art, and a member of the American Watercolor Society in New York City, the Boston Watercolor Society, the American Artists Professional League, the Rockport Art Association, and the North Shore Art Association in Gloucester, MA.
Some of Davidson's exhibitions include one man shows in New York Galleries; Berkshire Museum; Worcester Museum; Amherst College; American Watercolor Society in New York City; American Artists Professional League; Boston Watercolor Society; North Shore Art Association in Gloucester, MA; and the Provincetown Art Association in Provincetown, MA. His awards consist of the Henry Gold Medal; Chase Memorial Prize; and the Benson-Hayes-Stuart Award.
References: Who Was Who in American Art, vol. II, page 832; Davenport's Art Reference 2003/2004, page 513; The Boston Globe, April 20, 1988; The Rockport Eagle, September 2, 1971; The Rockport Art Association supplied newspaper articles.
Oil on canvas, signed ‘Allan A. Davison’ along lower left edge, 15 1/2” x 19 1/2” sight, framed to 19 1/2” x 23 1/2”, gold painted frame.
Biography summarized from Peter Kostoulakos, ISA Fine Art Consultant
Davidson was a painter, sculptor, graphic artist and teacher who worked from a studio at 8 Dean Street in Rockport, Massachusetts. He was born in Springfield and moved to Boston as a young child, where he attended Boston Latin School. He studied art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the Fogg Museum in Cambridge, where he earned his BA. He went on to study law at Northeastern University and was a member of the Massachusetts State House Press Gallery, where he worked as an investigative reporter.
During WW2, Davidson was a war correspondent for Stars and Stripes where he interviewed such notables as Picasso, Gertrude Stein, and Charles DeGaulle. After the war he became public relations director of the Children’s Hospital in Boston, and worked closely with doctors of what’s now the Dana-Farber Cancer Research Institute. During this time Davidson wrote a book about childhood cancer called “A Child is Not a Little Man”, which was both controversial and commercially successful.
In 1961 Davidson was appointed the commissioner of the Massachusetts Art Commission. He was also president of the Cape Ann Society of Modern Art, and a member of the American Watercolor Society in New York City, the Boston Watercolor Society, the American Artists Professional League, the Rockport Art Association, and the North Shore Art Association in Gloucester, MA.
Some of Davidson's exhibitions include one man shows in New York Galleries; Berkshire Museum; Worcester Museum; Amherst College; American Watercolor Society in New York City; American Artists Professional League; Boston Watercolor Society; North Shore Art Association in Gloucester, MA; and the Provincetown Art Association in Provincetown, MA. His awards consist of the Henry Gold Medal; Chase Memorial Prize; and the Benson-Hayes-Stuart Award.
References: Who Was Who in American Art, vol. II, page 832; Davenport's Art Reference 2003/2004, page 513; The Boston Globe, April 20, 1988; The Rockport Eagle, September 2, 1971; The Rockport Art Association supplied newspaper articles.