David Davies (artist)

From a Distant Land, 1889, oil on canvas, 80.9 x 115.6 cm, Art Gallery of New South Wales

David Davies (21 May 1864 – 26 March 1939) was an Australian artist associated with the Heidelberg School, the first significant Western art movement in Australia.

Davies was born in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

Davies attended art classes at the Ballarat School of Mines and Industries. Later one of his paintings, 'The Burden and Heat of the Day', was purchased by the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.^[1]

Davies held a one-man exhibition in Melbourne in May 1926 which was a success.^[1]

External links

• David Davies at Artists Footsteps

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Candice Bruce, 'Davies, David (1864 - 1939)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 8, MUP, 1981, p. 232.

• Serle, Percival (1949). "Davies, David". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson. http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogD.html#davies1. Retrieved 2010-04-29. 

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Name	Davies, David
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Date of birth	21 May 1864
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Date of death	26 March 1939
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