Noel Denholm Davis

Noel Denholm Davis (1876-1950) was an English artist, who worked chiefly as a portrait painter.

He was born in Nottingham, England, in 1876 and studied at Nottingham School of Art, and then the Royal Academy Schools.[1] He spent a decade working in London, before returning to live in Nottingham.[1]

Staircase at Nottingham Council House, with one of Davis' frescoes, above

A number of his subjects have connections with Nottingham, including several owned by the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Castle Museum, and Nottingham City Museums and Galleries.[2] One of his portraits of Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent is in the collection of the University of Nottingham,[2] another of the same subject is on loan to the National Portrait Gallery.[3] Among his other notable subjects were Albert Ball V.C. and William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army.[1]

In 1929, Davis painted the frescoes, still extant, in the stairwell of Nottingham Council House.[1]

He died at Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, in 1950.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Artists in Britain Since 1945. Goldmark Gallery. pp. 33–34.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Noel Denholm Davis". Your Paintings. BBC. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "NPG L247; Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 15 July 2014.

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