biographie de Ronald Wendel DAVIS (1937)

Birth place: Santa Monica, CA

Addresses: Malibu, CA

Profession: Painter, collector

Studied: San Francisco Art Inst, 1960-1964.

Exhibited: A News Aesthetic, Washington Gallery Mod Art, DC, 1967; Documenta 4, Kassel, Ger, 1967; WMAA,1967, 1969; Color, Univ Calif, Los Angeles Art Galleries, 1969; Venice Biennial, Italy, 1972; Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, 1970s; Oakland Mus., 1976 (solo). Awards: Nat Endowment Arts, 1968.

Work: WMAA; LACMA; MOMA; Tate Gallery, London Eng; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; San Francisco Mus Art, Calif.

Comments: Preferred Media: Polyester Resin, and Fiberglass (1960s-c.1973), Acrylic (1973-on). Collection: Contemporary art.

Sources: WW73; Baigell, Dictionary; M Fried, Ronald Davis: Surface & Illusion," Artforum (Apr, 1967); R Hughes, "Ron Davis at Kasmin," Studio Int, 176, (Dec, 1968); B Rose, American Painting, Vol 2 (1970); Charles Kessler, Ronald Davis, Paintings, 1962-1976 (exh. cat., Oakland Mus., 1976)"