Lot 333: Gladys Rockmore Davis (1901-1967) American artist

Name: Gladys Rockmore Davis (1901-1967) American artist
Brand: East Coast Books
SKU: 2324887a28
Price: 50 USD

Est: $100 USD - $150 USDSold:

East Coast BooksWells, ME, USFebruary 28, 2018

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Gladys Rockmore Davis (1901-1967) American artist who worked in both commercial and fine arts, and gave up a career in advertising art to work in 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. An art critic once called Gladys Rockmore Davis "the ten-year wonder of United States art". In 1951, Mrs. Davis won the Gold Medal from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. She was a full Academician at the National Academy of Design. When Mrs. Davis visited Spain in 1952 she was stimulated to new work, which resulted a one-man show held in April 1953, called "Paintings of Spain." She also produced a series of portraits of both children and adults during this time. One of those portraits was of her famous cousin by marriage, Clara Rockmore, who used that portrait as the cover for her Art of the Theremin album in 1977. In 1953, Gladys once again made the cover of American Artist with a charcoal of her new “back view” series. In 1955, she wins the National Academy of Design Isador Gold Medal for her figure, back view, “White Petticoat. Offered here is an 1953 [plate signed] original lithograph from IMPROVISATIONS. Noted artists drew directly on the lithographic plates. Each was used as an ad for various businesses. The proceeds went to Artists Equity. Sheet size is approx. 12 x 8.5 in. VG.

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Gladys Rockmore Davis

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East Coast Books

February 28, 2018, 11:15 AM EST

PO Box 849, Wells, ME, 04090, US

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