Artist: Ulysses Davis (1913 - 1990)
Nationality: African-American
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Media: Sculpture
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Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Nicolas Mignard, Travels of Ulysses. Ulysses has himself bound to the mast of his ship when nearing the island of Circe, 1607
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Jean-Charles Cazin - Ulysses after the Shipwreck c. 1880-1884 oil on canvas The National Gallery, London French
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Ulysses at the Palace of Circe
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Peter Paul Rubens - Ulysses Landing on the Island of the Phaeacians after 1625 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Flemish
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John Singer Sargent - Portrait of Mrs. Edward L. Davis and Her Son, Livingston Davis 1890 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Ulysses and Diomedes at the Trojan Court, 1480 - 1500
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Nicolas Mignard, Ulysses, Mercury and Circe, 1607
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Portrait bust of Ulysses S. Grant, 1875
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Thomas Nast, Britannia Lionizing Our Modern Ulysses, 1877
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Dominique Barriere, Ulysses Landing In Porte Etc., 17th century
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Edward Goodall , Ulysses deriding Polyphemus, 18th - 19th century
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Bernard Picart, Ulysses and his Companions avoid the charms of the Sirens, 1730
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Rockwood and Company, New York, Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885), 19th century
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grechetto), Circe With Companions of Ulysses Changed Into Animals, circa 1655
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Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola), Recto:Circe greeting the Companions of Ulysses
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Gilbert Stuart, American, 1755-1828 Aaron Davis about 1816 Oil on panel 73.02 x 58.74 cm
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Pietro Aquila, Circe and Ulysses, after Annibale Carracci from the series Galeriae Farnesianae Icones Romae..., 17th century
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Antonio Tempesta, Ulyssis socij a Circe porcos (Circe Changing Ulysses" Men to Swine), pl.135 from the series Ovid*s Metamorphoses, 17th century
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Antonio Tempesta, Ulyssis socios devorat Polyphemus (Polyphemus Eating Ulysses" Men, as Achaemides Watches), pl.134 from the series Ovid*s Metamorphoses, 17th century
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Gilbert Stuart - General Amasa Davis c. 1820 oil on panel The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Gene Davis, Tightrope, 1977
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Stuart Davis, Ivy League, 1953
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Vulcan at His Forge
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Charles H. Davis, Edge of the Village, 1884
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Portrait of a Woman with a Lace Collar Michiel Jansz. van Miereveld (Dutch, 1567-1641)Oil on
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Family Group in a Landscape, ca. 1645 Jacques d"Arthois (Flemish, born 1613, died about 1686);
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Richard Davis Takilnok, The Hunt"s On, circa 1954
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Warren B. Davis, The Echo, 19th - 20th century
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Warren B. Davis, The Bather, 19th - 20th century
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Warren B. Davis, After the Bath, 19th - 20th century
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Bradley Darius Davis, Transformations, 1994
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David Lance Goines, Davis Library Associates, 1985
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Thomas Nast, Ex-Judge David Davis (Now Senator), 1877
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Warren B. Davis, Woodland Nymph, 19th - 20th century
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Warren B. Davis, Reclining Nymph, 19th - 20th century
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Ernest Haskell, Dr.Jameson"s Raiders by Richard Harding Davis, 1896
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Howard Hack, Clay and Davis Street Barber Shop, 1968
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Edward Penfield, Three Gringos in Central America and Venezuela by Richard Harding Davis, 1896
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Edward Penfield, Illustration for About Paris by Richard Harding Davis, 19th - 20th century
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Bradley Darius Davis, Night Reflections - Ching Ming, 1994

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (30)
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Zone 9 Art: Small Talents: Photography Team, Davis and Davis
© 1999 Davis and Davis. All rights reserved.>Artists, Scott Davis and Denise Davis find not only toys, but also relationships and roles for their found objects. The commedia dell’art, which become photos, are not “Hallmark” moments.  The...
Amon Carter Museum: Stuart Davis: Prints and Drawings
Included are the lithographs Davis produced in Paris in 1928–1929; his innovative series of four lithographs from 1931, which are among the most highly regarded prints of the first half of the twentieth-century; and his experimentation with colo...
Forum for Contemporary Art: Miles Draws: The Art of Miles Davis
His doctor prescribed drawing as a way to regain the use of his fingers. From that moment on he drew constantly and obsessively, drawing on everything from sketchbooks to hotel notepads to scrapes of paper and even the cardboard of his shirt boxes. ...
FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL CENTER: Openings: MEREDITH DAVIS, JENNIFER GASSIRARO, AND T.J.JEMISON
Meredith Davis, a recent graduate of TCU, is passionate about painting, literature and travel. While at TCU she participated in summer-study programs in Hungary, Scotland ,and Mexico. Her highly expressive paintings address the construction...
Indianapolis Art Center: WILLIS BING DAVIS: Ceremony and Ritual
Also on view will be the results of a year-long project joining artists from Dayton/Cincinnati and Indianapolis. Nearly twenty artists have visited each other's studios, taken trips and pursued hands-on workshops together. The exhibiti...
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts: Caroline Davis: Water and Light
She often positions her camera so that it is partially submerged, and sometimes even photographs from completely under the water looking up at the person being immersed. This exhibition includes at least 15 of these intimate portrayals of re...
Davis Museum and Cultural Center: Obituary
A conversation with Joseph Bartscherer and Arthur C. Danto, philosopher and art critic for The Nation, will be held from 5:30 t 6:30pm, preceding the reception. The artist and Mr. Danto will discuss the form and content of the work. The rece...
Design Museum, at University of California, Davis: Beyond the Rainbow: Maguey Textiles of Guatemala
Curator Kathy Rousso will hold a free hands-on workshop on Saturday July 23 from 9 am to 5 pm. She will be demonstrating how to create small net bags using similar techniques to those displayed in the exhibition. All ages are welcomed. Please call...
Cantor Arts Center Stanford University: Food, Frogs, and Fido: Works on Paper by David Gilhooly
Gilhooly studied at the University of California at Davis in the 1960s, and ceramic work by him will be on view in the exhibition "Fired at Davis: Figurative Ceramic Sculpture by Robert Arneson, Visiting Professors, and Students at UC-Davis, from ...
Design Museum, at University of California, Davis: Reality to Fantasy: The Evolution of Theme Park Design
Theme park attractions begin with a mythology, or established story, and are designed around that theme, with enhancements that involve theatrical design; graphics; interior and architectural design; mechanical engineering; even marketing and adve...
Design Museum, at University of California, Davis: Dolph Gotelli's 34 Years of Fantasy and Play
The exhibition highlights his collections and 34 years of classroom teaching and themed exhibitions in the Design Museum. Artifacts from Gotelli’s diverse collections will be displayed in several multimedia settings: international folk toys, ethno...
Artery - Artist Cooperative of Davis: Fabric Art: On and Off the Wall - Marjan Kluepfel and Connie Taxiera
Marjan has lived around the world (the Netherlands, Australia, Hawaii, and Southern US). The natural wonders of these locations inspire her art quilts. Using many techniques including fabric dyeing, painting, printing, pleating, and machine embroi...
Addison Gallery of American Art: Parallel Perspectives: Early Twentieth Century American Art
Painting, sculpture, and works on paper by artists such as George Inness, Ralph Blakekock, George Bellows, Patrick Henry Bruce, Arthur B. Davies, Stuart Davis, Charles Demuth, Marsden Hartley, and Georgia O’Keeffe present the multiple voices of Am...
Changing Room: Dirk Bell, Kate Davis, Alan Michael
he exhibition brings together new work by three artists, from Glasgow and Berlin. It centres on their use of drawing and mixed media to make work with multiple meanings around notions of memory, representation, beauty and layering of images. Di...
Artery - Artist Cooperative of Davis: The Australian Artery Exchange: Angela Buckingham, Doug
Alicja Kuzmycz paints in a darkly cinematic style, delving into the theme of female identity, particularly that of the femme fatale. Martha Lord's paintings are about mood and space, portraying thoughts through abstract compositions in the fo...
Davis Museum and Cultural Center: Bridging the Border: Shared Themes in Mexican and U.S. Art 1900 – 1950
Four themes: The City, Rural Traditions, Responses to European Modernism, and Protest and Persuasion break the show into sections that highlight areas of exchange during the first fifty years of the 20th century. Each category compares works by ...
Davis Museum and Cultural Center: Village Works: Photographs by Women in China's Yunnan Province
The photographers--- village women and Women's Federation cadres, aged 18 to 57 years--- had no previous experience with photography. Yet, they learned to use Instamatic cameras to record the familiar people, scenes, and ev...
Portland Museum of Art: Hamilton Easter Field Art Foundation Collection
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Design Museum, at University of California, Davis: Design for Stage and Screen: The Worlds of John Iacovelli
Iacovelli won his Emmy for the A&E broadcast version of the national tour and Broadway production of Peter Pan, starring Cathy Rigby. Last year, at age 41, he was awarded the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for Lifetime Achievement in Scenic Desi...
Photomedia Center: 2004 Open Exhibition at Urraro Gallery
This exhibition is made possible by a grant from The Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts program. The Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA) program is a partnership initiative between local arts organizations and the Pennsylvania Council on the Ar...
Oakland Museum of California: Tony Natsoulas: At the Scultpure Court
Tony Natsoulas was born in 1959 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He earned a Masters of Fine Art from The University of California at Davis in 1985. Natsoulas has shown in numerous group and solo exhibtions in Cali...
Auckland Art Gallery: A Tale to Tell
Nineteenth century painters loved to depict a moment in a narrative drawn from history, literature or the society of their own time. Many Victorian paintings were constructed so that the spectator could complete the narrative in their own way.<...
Design Museum, at University of California, Davis: The Ghost and the Beauty Queen: Festivals of Northeast Thailand
Every July at the full moon, the sleepy northeastern Thai city of Ubon Ratchathani comes alive with a spectacular two-day citywide parade called Khao Phansa. The event celebrates the beginning of the Buddhist Rains Retreat, the period when monks ...
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts: Beyond and Behind the Mask
The exhibition was juried by nationally renowned artist, Willis Bing Davis of Ohio. Beatrice Lebreton of Dallas, Texas is one of the artists whose work was selected. An image of her entry, *Passi...
John Natsoulas Gallery: Pat Mahony and Frank Damian: June 2005 Landscape Art Exhibition
No longer considered to be a mid-career artist, Pat Mahony is now an established and well-known painter. Twenty-five years ago her architectural buildings and storefronts gave her international acclaim. For the last fifteen years she has been pr...
Davis Museum and Cultural Center: The Last Expression: Art and Auschwitz
Drawn from collections in Poland, Israel, the United States, Germany and France, the artwork contains genres ranging from self-portraits and landscapes to illustrated letters, political cartoons, caricatures and images of camp existence. The work...
John Natsoulas Gallery: Sacramento Valley Landscape Painters
The collection of landscape paintings in the exhibition ranges from the very early works done in the 1930s by artists such as Maynard Dixon and Otis Oldfield, to landscape paintings by contemporary artists that include Gregory Kondos, Wayne Thieb...
Design Museum, at University of California, Davis: Retro Hand-Printed Textiles; a Visual Remembrance from the Studios of Katherine Westphal and Ed Rossbach
Some of the textiles are dated, and illustrate a progression in image, technique, dye and materials--a visual history of the change in ideas about textile printing, materials, and new technology. These hand-printed fabrics used the simplest of pr...
Art Directors Club Gallery: FAAR OUT: Six Months in Rome
"The Rome Prize in Design attracts the most diverse candidates," said Adele Chatfield-Taylor Academy President and Design Fellow (FAAR ’84). "Since 1965, the Academy has been granting fellowships to two designers a year. This exhibit recognizes th...
Montclair Art Museum: WILL BARNET: A TIMELESS WORLD
IMAGE:
Will Barnet
Old Mans Afternoon, 1947
Oil on canvas
47 x 36 in.
Private collection Works from the Permanent Collection of The Montclair Art Museum by ...

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