Road to Mandeville Jamaica by Noel Denholm Davis

Description

Road to Mandeville Jamaica
By
Noel Denholm Davis
Noel Denholm Davis
(1876-1950) was an English artist, who worked chiefly as a portrait painter.
He was born in
Nottingham
, England, in 1876 and studied at
Nottingham School of Art
, and then the
Royal Academy Schools
.  He spent a decade working in London, before returning to live in Nottingham.
A number of his subjects have connections with Nottingham, including several owned by the
University of Nottingham
,
Nottingham Castle Museum
, and
Nottingham City Museums and Galleries
.  One of his portraits of
Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent
is in the collection of the University of Nottingham, another of the same subject is on loan to the
National Portrait Gallery
.  Among his other notable subjects were
Albert Ball V.C.
and
William Booth
, founder of the
Salvation Army
.
In 1929, Davis painted the
frescoes
, still extant, in the stairwell of
Nottingham Council House
.
He died at
Goring-on-Thames
, Oxfordshire, in 1950.
From The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940 by Johnson and Greutzner:
Portrait and Figure Painter
Nottingham Society of Artists 1908
VP Nottingham Society of Artists 1923
Exhibited:
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham - 1 painting
Walker Art Gallery Liverpool - 2 paintings
Nottingham Museum and Art Gallery - 193 paintings
Royal Academy – 13 paintings
Painting:
11-1/4” high by 9-1/4” wide
Frame:
16” high by 13-1/4” wide
NOTE:
Photographs are taken out side in daylight.