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Items of Interest about Harry A. Davis

Harry liked to make his own frames. In 1947, on the first Christmas after he and Lois were married, Lois gave Harry a miter box. He used this same miter box to make the frames for nearly all of the artwork he and Lois produced. He even had it repaired when a piece broke, rather than getting another. This Christmas present of years gone was treasured and used often.

Some Davis collectors had even asked Harry to sign the frame.

Harry using his miter box.

Harry invented what he could not find. With a piece of glass, he made this storage cabinet into his artist's palette. A squirt of water and a palette knife made it clean and ready for use. Harry had done much of his own home maintenance and landscaping as well. The ultimate recycler (or saver) Harry used strips cut from his framing material for other purposes and had paint that was many years old, because he could not find quite that same color again.

Artist's Palette custom made by Harry Davis.

Because Harry saw the destruction of so many historic buildings during the war he was drawn to do paintings of buildings here in the United States. Harry painted buildings that interested him, some even in the midst of being demolished.

In conversation, Lois had said that Harry was a "landmark" artist rather than a landscape artist.

The Ebb and Flow of War

Sources of information: From interviews with Harry A. Davis

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