biografía de Kenneth Southworth DAVIES (1925-2017)

Lugar de nacimiento: New Bedford, Mass

Direcciones: Madison & New Haven, CT

Profesión: Still-life painter

Estudios: Mass Sch Art, Boston; with Deane Keller, Lewis York, and Rudolph Ballinger at Yale Sch FA (BFA, 1950); Honorary PhD Fine Arts, New England School of Law, Boston

Exposiciones: American Symbolic Realism, London, 1950; PAFA, 1950; Carnegie Inst, 1952; WMAA Ann,1951-52; Univ Ill Ann, 1952; Grand Central AG (NYC) 1965; Silvermine Gld, 1965; Butler AI; Cleveland MA; Colo. Springs FA Center; Detroit Inst. Arts; Fairfield Univ.; Winston-Salem Gal. Contemp. Art; Rutgers Univ.; San Fran. MA; Toledo MA; Univ. Bridgeport; Wesleyan Univ.; Worcester MA; New Britain Mus Am Art, 1971 (25-year retrospective); Hirschl & Adler Gal., NYC, 1977, 1978, 1986 (solos); Fitchburg MA (Mass.), 1980 (solo); New Bedford Whaling Mus. (solo) 1983; Greene AG, 1987, 1989, 1992 (solos); also exhibited at most major national competitions. Awards: Louis Comfort Tiffany scholar, 1950; purchase award, Berkshire Mus, Pittsfield, MA; purchase award, Springfield MFA, 1950.

Asociaciones: Silvermine Guild Artists; New Haven Paint & Clay Club, 1966-92 (Board, 7 years); Conn Acad Fine Arts (council mem, 1970)

Obra: Asheville MFA (NC); Berkshire MA; Brandywine Mus.; Montgomery MFA; New Bedford Whaling Mus.; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford; New Britain Mus Am Art; Detroit Inst Arts; Springfield MFA; Univ NE, Lincoln.

Comentarios: Trompe l'oeil still life master. His paintings appear on three U.S. postage stamps: for pharmacy, 1972; for chemistry, 1976; and for the Met. Opera, 1983. Teaching: Whitney Sch. Art, New Haven, 1950-53; Paier Sch Art, Hamden, CT, 1953-57 (Dean, 1958-81; Visting Prof., 1981-91). Author: Sharp Focus Still Life Painting (1975); and, Ken Davies ó Artist at Work (1978).

Fuentes: WW73; Falk, Exh. Record Series.