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Birth
1877 (Chicago, Illinois)
Death
1955 (Marion, Massachusetts)
Lived/Active
New York/California
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San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition 1915
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| Portrait artist Cecil Clark Davis was born in Chicago in 1877. Primarily self-taught, she painted from the age of sixteen. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago for three months, and received helpful criticism from John Singer Sargent and other painter friends. She was the first wife of Richard Harding Davis (she received his engagement ring from Europe via messenger), and painted in various parts of the world when she accompanied him during his war involvements. Her summers were usually s (showing 500 of 2605 characters). |
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