1873501

Gladys Rockmore Davis, Still Life, Drawing #1873501

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Gladys Rockmore Davis, Still Life, Drawing #1873501
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Artist: Gladys Rockmore Davis

Title: Vegetable Still Life #2

Year: Circa 1960

Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed 'GRD'

Paper Size: 17.5" x 22.5"

Frame: 24" x 29"



GLADYS ROCKMORE DAVIS (1901-1967)




An artist who succeeded in both commercial and fine arts, Gladys Rockmore Davis gave up a career in advertising art to devote herself to creative painting. Her work in pastels ranks with her oils, and her
chief subjects are children, nudes and still-lifes. She also painted ballet dancers, vignettes of liberated Paris, and scenes of Spain.

Born in New York City, on May 11, 1901, the daughter of David William Rockmore and Jeanette (Richman) Rockmore, Gladys Davis lived in New York until she was nine years old when her father, a
lawyer and metallurgist, moved the family to Canada. She and her brother spent the next five years getting used to new schools as the family moved from place to place. The Rockmores eventually
settled in San Francisco where Gladys attended the Girls' High School. In 1925, she married Floyd MacMillan Davis, well-known illustrator, and combined painting with caring for her children, Noel and Deborah. The Davises went to Europe in 1932. While in France, Mrs. Davis visited Renoir's home and studio and studied his paintings. After touring the continent the family settled in Cannes, France, where Mrs. Davis started to paint as a creative artist. The transition was
not so noticeable from day to day, but on her return to the United States ...
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<tr><td>Condition:very good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:c. 1960</td></tr>


<tr><td>Height:17.5</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:22.5</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Gladys Rockmore Davis, Still Life, Drawing</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:New York City, USA</td></tr>
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