Nicholas Davis
Nikolaus Johannes Davis (also Nicolaus Davis, Greek Νικόλαος Δάβης Nikolaos Dávis , born January 1, 1883 in Amorgos ; † August 4, 1967 in Ebersberg ) was a Greek genre and landscape painter and as such a representative of the Munich School .
biography
Like many of the academic Greek painters, Davis came from the Cyclades , from the island of Amorgos, where he grew up the son of a merchant. He then studied in Athens and in 1908 went to Munich, where he studied with Carl von Marr and Ludwig von Löfftz at the academy. He then became a member of the Munich Artists' Cooperative . He had his studio in Bauerstr. 7 in Schwabing , the former artistic quarter of Munich.
He was first represented in the Glass Palace in 1914. After the war he exhibited again in the Glaspalast: in 1918, 1919, 1922 and 1925. He spent his retirement years in Ebersberg near Munich.
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Although his work is not very extensive, it is still considered diverse. The few maritime motifs have their origins in the Greek island world, many motifs come from life and the landscape of Bavaria, so he was also one of the Chiemsee painters .
As a devout Catholic, Davis also painted religious motifs, but based himself very much on old masters and renounced his own interpretations, for example Christ on the Cross (1918, according to Rubens) or the Lamentation of Christ (1919, according to Van Dyck).
The still lifes with game and flowers by Nikolaus Davis were widely used as reproductions on postcards between 1910 and 1920. For example the dead hare on the kitchen table , the chrysanthemums in a vase or the still life with flowers in a blue vase .
Individual works
- Knabenakt , Öl, Glaspalast (Munich) 1914
- The World War - A Prayer of Thanks , 1914 (reproduction sold as a postcard motif)
- Brass bowl with glass vase , oil, Glaspalast 1918
- Eight apples (still life)
- Chiemseefischer (formerly Heinrich Hausmann Collection )
- Chiemsee with boat
- Alpine foothills
- Three-master in stormy seas
- Two masted bargue in full sail
Web links
literature
- Dressler's art manual, Volume II, Berlin 1930, p. 169
- Artist Lexicon Vollmer, Volume I., 1953, p. 625
- Munich painter in the 19th and 20th centuries Century, Volume 5 Achmann-Kursell, 1993
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| SURNAME | Davis, Nicholas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Davis, Nikolaus Johannes (full name); Dávis, Nikolaos; Δάβης, Νικόλαος (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek genre and landscape painter and as such a representative of the Munich School |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | on Amorgos |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th August 1967 |
| Place of death | Ebersberg |