ARTIST: Ken Davies (Connecticut, Massachusetts, born 1925)
NAME: Girl with Toys
YEAR: 1958
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Two faint sctratches 1" long each along edges. No visible inpaint under UV light.
SIGHT SIZE: 20 x 16 inches / 50 x 40 cm
FRAME SIZE: 25 x 21 inches / 62 x 52 cm
SIGNATURE: Lower right
NOTE: Comes with one prop doll.
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
SKU#: 115833
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Kenneth Davies (Connecticut, Massachusetts, born 1925)
Kenneth Davies (born December 1925) is an American painter based in Madison, Connecticut, known for his trompe-l'oeil work.
He created the logo for Wild Turkey bourbon.
Ken Davies was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He attended Yale University, where he painted his first important oil painting, "Lighthouses in the Alps". The work captured the attention of New York City cultural figure Lincoln Kirstein, who helped Davies attain showings of his early works in 1950 at the Hewitt Gallery. He also received a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation fellowship that year. His first solo show was at the Hewitt Gallery in 1951, and every painting sold.
He taught at the Paier School of Art in Hamden, Connecticut. During his forty years there, he taught such notable artists as Joseph Reboli; and eventually became the dean. In 1962, he decided to refocus on his Still life painting, and enjoyed further success, with gallery representation from Hirschl & Adler Galleries. His first solo show there was in 1978.
Davies labor-intensive technique involves sable brushes, resulting in paintings that appear almost like photographs, but with trompe-l'oeil and Surrealist effects.