Francis Davison
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Collages Art Work
| Name: |
Francis Davison |
| Gender: |
Male |
| Place of Birth: |
London, England |
| Nationality: |
British |
| Birth: |
1919 |
| Death: |
1984 |
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Quick Facts
| Known For: |
Collages |
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Paper, mixed media |
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| Fine Art Profession(s): |
Painter
Collagist
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Biography
| Francis Davison born in London in 1919. He went to Cambridge University where he studied English and anthropology. In 1946, he began to drawing. After the war, Davison was introduced to the artist Margaret Mellis, and in 1948, they married. Two years later they were living in England where Davison was fully concentrated on his artistic career. His paintings at this time were simplified flat forms, and then in 1952 he moved to making collages and never returned to painting. Davisons first showing was at Roland, Browse and Delbanco in 1955. He worked away from the limelight for the next 25 years until holding a one-man show at the Graves Art Gallery in Sheffield in 1981 and another in 1982 at the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford. His works have been exhibited regularly at the London Redfern Gallery, which also held a retrospective of his collages in 1986. |
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