Noel Denholm Davis

Noel Denholm Davis (1876–1950) was a British artist, who worked chiefly as a portraitist.

He was born in Nottingham, England, in 1876 and studied at Nottingham School of Art, and then the Royal Academy Schools.[1] He spent a decade working in London, before returning to live in Nottingham.[1]

Staircase at Nottingham Council House, with one of Davis' frescoes, above

A number of his subjects have connections with Nottingham, including several owned by the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Castle Museum, and Nottingham City Museums and Galleries.[2] One of his portraits of Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent is in the collection of the University of Nottingham,[3] another of the same subject is on loan to the National Portrait Gallery.[4] Among his other notable subjects were Albert Ball V.C. and William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army.[1]

In 1929, Davis painted the frescoes, still extant, in the stairwell of Nottingham Council House.[1]

He died at Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, in 1950.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e Artists in Britain Since 1945. Goldmark Gallery. pp. 33–34.
  2. ^ Artworks by or after Noel Denholm Davis, Art UK. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Sir Jesse Boot (1850–1931), Bt, JP (later 1st Baron Trent)". Art UK. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  4. ^ "NPG L247; Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 15 July 2014.