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ALBERT WEBSTER DAVIES – WAYSIDE INN
Circa: 20th Century

Albert Webster Davies (1889-1967)
New Hampshire

Davies takes his subject matter from the 19th Century. His paintings are characterized by great attention to detail with even the smallest elements carefully delineated. One can observe within the painting a sense of organization; an ability to render exteriors; buildings and living creatures; and the charming use of color seizing a spontaneous quality. Longfellow’s Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts is the setting of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Tales of a Wayside Inn first published in 1863.

* January 15 thru February 14, 1965 – The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, Colonial Williamsburg exhibited a grouping of his paintings.

* In 1965 followed by a show at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum – One-man show at Kennedy Galleries in New York. Noted in the literature accompanying the exhibition, Davies’ “appreciation of early American architecture, his knowledge of early textile design, his working knowledge of the construction of carriages, sleds, barns, bandstands, county-fair sheds, churches, and his deep sympathy for the human comedy in its pursuit of life, liberty and happiness, all combine to lend his charming pictures an element of documentary value.”

Signed: Lower Right – Davies

Medium: Oil on Masonite

Dimensions: Height: 24″ Width: 18″

Inventory: A-F-3015 – OB

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