| Davis, Erwin, approximately 1831- | ||||||||||
| type | Collector | |||||||||
| dates | ca. 1831-1902 | |||||||||
| city | New York City | |||||||||
| state | NY | |||||||||
| other cities | San Francisco, CA; | |||||||||
| sex | M | |||||||||
| history |
Erwin Davis was a collector of European paintings, specifically by 19th century French artists. Davis’ collection included work by, among others, Théodule-Augustin Ribot, William Gedney Bunce, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña, Jules Lefebvre, Gustave Courbet, Paul Jean Clays, Jules Dupré, Jules Bastien-Lepage, Jean-François Millet, Eugène Delacroix, Charles- François Daubigny, Julian Alden Weir, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Édouard Manet, Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet, and Edgar Degas. Davis sold a portion of his collection in March of 1889, via Ortigies & Co. at Chickering Hall. That same year he gave three paintings to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Joan of Arc by Jules Bastien-Lepage and two paintings by Édouard Manet; Boy with a Sword and Young Lady in 1866. |
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| decades | 1860-1870 1880-1890 1890-1900 |
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| website | https://archive.org/details/modernpaintingsb00fift | |||||||||
| updated | 11/24/2025 10:11:49 | |||||||||
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