Noel Denholm Davis
Noel Denholm Davis (1876โ1950) was a British artist, who worked chiefly as a portraitist.
He was born in Nottingham, England, in 1876 and studied at Nottingham School of Art, and then the Royal Academy Schools.[1] He spent a decade working in London, before returning to live in Nottingham.[1]
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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.[2] One of his portraits of Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent is in the collection of the University of Nottingham,[3] another of the same subject is on loan to the National Portrait Gallery.[4] Among his other notable subjects were Albert Ball V.C. and William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army.[1]
In 1929, Davis painted the frescoes, still extant, in the stairwell of Nottingham Council House.[1]
He died at Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, in 1950.[1]
References
- Artists in Britain Since 1945. Goldmark Gallery. pp. 33โ34.
- Artworks by or after Noel Denholm Davis, Art UK. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- "Sir Jesse Boot (1850โ1931), Bt, JP (later 1st Baron Trent)". Art UK. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- "NPG L247; Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 15 July 2014.