Artist: Arthur Devis (1710 - 1762)
Nationality: British
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Although Arthur Devis was born in Preston, he spent much of his career in London. He painted mostly small conversation piece works and intimate portraits. He was a minor figure during his lifetime but regained popularity during the 1930’s because of the delicacy of his paintings. Historians also appreciated his paintings because most of his sitters were wealthy middle class merchants and squires.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Arthur Devis, Earl of Tyrconnel, 1745
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Arthur Devis, Alicia Maria Carpenter, Countess of Egremont, 1745
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Arthur Devis - Arthur Holdsworth Conversing with Thomas Taylor and Captain Stancombe by the River Dart 1757 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Arthur Devis - Portrait of Sir John van Hatten 1753 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Arthur Devis - Portrait of a Gentleman Netting Partridges 1756 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Arthur William Devis - The Hon. William Monson and His Wife, Ann Debonnaire c. 1786 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art English
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Arthur Devis - Members of the Maynard Family in the Park at Waltons c. 1755-1762 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Gustave DorÈ , Menus devis du dessert, illustration no. 342 on page 477 in the book Les contes drolatiques by HonorÈ de Balzac. 5th edition (Paris: SociÈtÈ gÈnÈrale de Librairie, 1855), 1855
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Arthur Wesley Dow, Modern Art, 1895
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Frank Arthur Nankivell, Echo, 1895
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M.M. Manchester - Judge and Mrs. Arthur Yates c. 1840 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Arthur Putnam, The Mermaid, 1909
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Arthur Putnam, Leopard and Gnu, 1906
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Arthur Putnam, Prospector, 1903
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Arthur Putnam, Study of an Old Man, 1905
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Arthur Putnam, Bearded Man with Cap, 1910
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Arthur Putnam, Squirrel, 1908
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Arthur Evershed, At Richmond, 1876
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Arthur Putnam, Dog with Bone, 1904
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Arthur Putnam, Cave Man, 1910
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Arthur Pond, [Bird ], 1736
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Arthur Pond, Un Pizzicaruolo, 1741
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Arthur Pond, Self-Portrait, 1739
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Arthur Burdett Frost, Cutting Ice, 1906
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Arthur Bowen Davies, Sisters, 1919
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Arthur William Heintzelman, The Sun Bath, 1919
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Frank Short, Ben Arthur (landscape), 1888
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Arthur Putnam, "At the Bar ", 19th - 20th century
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Arthur William Heintzelman, The Pilgrim, 1919
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Adolf Arthur Dehn, Art Lovers, 1934
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Arthur William Heintzelman, The Rehersal, 1919
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Arthur William Heintzelman, Three Score and Ten, 1919
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Arthur Putnam, Puma Reclining, 1908
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Arthur Putnam, Puma Reclining, 1908
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Arthur Bowen Davies, Landscape, 1925
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Thomas Lawrence - Portrait of Arthur Atherley as an Etonian c. 1791 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art English
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Thomas Lawrence - Portrait of Arthur Atherley as an Etonian c. 1791 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art English
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Arthur Putnam, Puma Licking Paw, 1907
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Arthur Putnam, Bear Standing, 1908
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Arthur Putnam, Bound Slave, 1904

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (2)
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Los Angeles County Museum: Kalighat Paintings of Calcutta
Images from a Changing World: Kalighat Paintings of Calcutta presents the rich milieu of Kalighat painting in three thematic sections: The Art of Nineteenth-Century Calcutta...

Further Artwork and Information:

Arthur Devis Online
Arthur Devis
Arthur Devis - Artist Painting Prices, Art Appraisal, Artist Paintings [AskART.com]
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Arthur Devis (1712-1787), Portrait painter
Circle of ARTHUR DEVIS
Arthur Devis Sir Nathaniel and Lady Caroline Curzon
Find in a Library: The conversation piece : Arthur Devis & his contemporaries
ARTHUR DEVIS : MALLETT GALLERY : FINE ART DEALERS : London : New York
artnet.com: Resource Library: Devis: (1) Arthur Devis

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