April American Art Auction
By Cutler Bay Auctions
Apr 18, 2024
18507 S. Dixie Hwy. Cutler Bay, FL 33157 USA, United States
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LOT 19:

Allan Albert Davidson (1908 - 1988) American

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Allan Albert Davidson (1908 - 1988) American
Allan Albert Davidson (1908 - 1988) Pencil on paper, signed lower right, measures 16 x 12 inches and 22 x 18 inches. Allan Albert Davidson was a painter, sculptor, writer, lecturer, and graphic artist who enjoyed working in watercolor, oils, wax, bronze, marble, and various graphics media. In the early 1970s Davidson started working enthusiastically with cray-pas, which he said combined the color scope of pastels with the non-rub finish of crayon. He was born in Springfield, MA on February 24, 1908 and died in Rockport, MA on Tuesday, April 19, 1988 of lung cancer. Davidson lived and worked in Rockport where he kept a studio at 8 Dean Road.As a child Davidson moved to Boston, MA where he attended Boston Latin School. Davidson's art education took place at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA; the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris; and the Fogg Museum in Cambridge, MA, where he earned a BA. Later, with an interest in politics, he studied law at Northeastern University
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