Price
$885.00
Dimensions
19.500 x 24.000 x 1.000 inches
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Description:
"Stanley Simmons, 1976" watercolor, signed l/l, 15" x 11" sight, 24" x 19.5" frame.
About the Painting: Excellent condition; original frame.
About the Artist: Born in Springfield (Feb 24, 1908) moved to Boston and attended Boston Latin School and studied at the Boston Museum School of Art, The Fogg Museum at Harvard and L'Ecole des Beaux Artes. He also studied law at Northeastern University.
Davidson was an artist who worked in murals, watercolors and sculpture. He exhibited his works in New York galleries, the Berkshire Museum, the Worchester Museum, Amherst College and others.
He was apponted a member of the Massachusetts Art Commission by Gov. John Volpe in 1961. During his tenure, Mr. Davidson was responsible for collecting and displaying all the portraits of former governors at the State House.
Davidson lectured in New England and wrote several articles on art and art appreciation..
During World War II, he was a sergeant assigned as a reporter for the Stars and Stripes Army newspaper in the European theater. His assignments included interviews with Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein, and Gen. Charles DeGaulle.
Upon return from service, he was named public relations director of Children's Hospital in Boston. While there, he participated along with Dr. Sidney Farber in the development of the hospital's cancer research bulding. He wrote a booklet, "A Child is Not a Little Man," based on his experiences with child cancer victims.
Davidoson designed play sets at the South Shore Playhouse in Cohasset, was an active meember of the American Watercolor Society, the American Artists' Professional League, the Allied Artists of America, the Salmagundi Club of New York, the Rockport Art Association and the North Shore Art Association. He died April 19, 1988.
Provenence: Collection of Lucian A. Geraci, Rockport, MA.
Note: This painting is signed and titled verso, and a photocopy of the artist's obituary from the Boston Globe is included. The title, written in the hand of the artist, reads "Stanley Simmons, Author." We believe the sitter was the successful Broadway costume designer. Simmons was assistant to the costume designer for Six Characters in Search of an Author, possibly explaining the 'author' reference following the sitter's name.
