Henry William Banks Davis was born in Finchley, London, England in 1833 and studied at the Royal Academy Schools in London from 1851 to 1854. He subsequently worked primarily as a sculptor and painter of landscapes and pastoral scenes. Many of his landscapes were of Wales and Scotland, and Northern France. He owned a chateau in Boulogne sur Mer where he spent some of his time. A prolific artist, Davis exhibited virtually every year at the Royal Academy in London from 1852 to [posthumously] 1915. He also exhibited at the Fine Art Society, Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd., Dudley Gallery, New Gallery and Arthur Tooth & Sons in London; Royal Birmingham Society of Artists; Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts; Manchester Academy of Fine Arts; and at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.
Two of Davis's paintings were purchased by the Chantrey Bequest in 1880 and 1899.
His address was given as 40 Howland Street, London in 1852; 41 Upper Charlotte Street, London in 1854 and 1859; Chateau de la Colonne, Boulogne sur Mer in 1861 and 1866
He died in Rhayader, Radnorshire, Wales. and in 1915.
Text source: Art History Research net (AHR net)
Text source: Art History Research net (AHR net)
