Seated Study Original Watercolor by Lois Davis

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An original watercolor figure study by Indiana artist Lois Davis (b. 1924). A student paints a nude male model, outlined in ink and accented with gray watercolor. Signed in ink lower left and dated ’96. Unframed.

Lois Davis was born in La Porte, Indiana in 1924. She is very closely associated with her late husband, fellow artist Harry Davis, whom she was married to for 55 years. She studied at the Herron Institute of Art where she would become a Millikan Award winner. Davis became well know for her studies of people and addressed topics in her works such as women’s rights and the indignities of war. She exhibited throughout the region including the Lafayette Art Center and the Hoosier Salon. Davis was a member of the Indianapolis Artists Club, where both she and Harry had both been past presidents.

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18DAL037-067