George Davis b. 1930

  • Artist (Painter)
Davis was a painter with abilities in landscape, nature painting, portraiture and murals. He was celebrated as a drawing master with particular interests in the natural world of Tasmania. Murals by Davis are also known such as the ABC Building, Sandy Bay, and the ceiling of the Theatre Royal, Hobart, Tasmania.
exhibited at
George Davis paintings
Date
1997
Place
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
TMAG archive printout

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Painting
exhibited at
George Davis: portraits, people and the figure
Date
1988
Place
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Description

Drawings and paintings by Tasmanian artist George Davis.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
TMAG annual report

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Painting, Drawing
exhibited at
George Davis: portraits of composers
Date
1984
Place
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Description

Commissioned by the Tasmanian Theatre Trust for the dome of the Theatre Royal, Hobart.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
TMAG annual report

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Painting
exhibited at
Man and his art: George Davis
Date
1980
Place
Fine Arts Gallery in University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS
Description

Fine Art Committee, University of Tasmania

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Plimsoll Gallery exhibition archive

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Painting
exhibited at
Tasmania's islands: drawings and paintings by George Davis
Date
1978
Place
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Description

Presented by the Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
TMAG annual report

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Painting, Drawing
exhibited at
Recent Australian Painting
Date
June 1961 - July 1961
Place
Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Type
Exhibition