Davis, Charles Harold

▪ American painter

born Feb. 2, 1857, East Cambridge, Mass., U.S.

died Aug. 5, 1933, Mystic, Conn.

      American painter, whose romantic interpretations of the landscape excelled in their cloud effects.

      A pupil of the schools of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Davis was sent to Paris in 1880. Having studied at the Academy Julian, he went to Barbizon and often painted in the forest of Fontainebleau. He became a full member of the National Academy of Design in 1906, and his work is represented in many of the leading museums throughout the United States.

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