Ken Davies

"Born: 1925, New Bedford, Massachusetts

Education:

Massachusetts School of Art, Boston

Yale School of Fine Arts, B.F.A., 1950

New England School of Law, Boston

Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, 1980

Positions Held:

1950-1953 Instructor, Whitney School of Art, New Haven, CT

1953-1957 Instructor, Paier School of Art, New Haven, CT

1958-1981 Dean, Paier School of Art, Hamden, CT

1981-1991 Visiting Professor and Dean Emeritus, Paier College of Art

One Man Shows:

1951 Hewitt Gallery, New York City

1965 Grand Central Gallery, New Canaan, CT

1965 Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, CT

1969 Banfer Gallery, New York City,

1971 25 Year Retrospective, New Britain Museum, New Britain, CT

1975 Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York City

1978 Retrospective, Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York City

1980 Fitchberg Museum, Fitchberg, MA

1982 Whistler's Daughter Gallery, Basking Ridge, NJ

1983 35 Years, A New Bedford Homecoming, New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA

1986 Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York City

1987 Tiasquam Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA

Greene Art Gallery, Guildford, CT

1988 Tiasquam Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, MA

1989 Greene Art Gallery, Guildford, CT

1990 Artist of the Year: Fairfield Festival of the Arts, Fairfield, CT

1992 Greene Art Gallery, Guildford, CT

Commissions:

1972 U.S. Commemorative Postage Stamps, Pharmacy

1976 U.S. Commemorative Postage Stamps, Chemistry

1983 U.S. Commemorative Postage Stamps, Metropolitan Opera

1999 White House Historical Association, painting of the north portico lantern celebrating the 200th anniversary of the White House in a year 2000 commemorative calendar"

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