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Harry A. Davis, Jr. (1914-2006), born in Hillsboro, Indiana, matriculated at Herron in 1933 and earned a B.F.A. in 1938. That year he won the Prix de Rome in painting, allowing him to study and paint in Europe and North Africa 1938-1940.
Using Davis’s correspondence, a diary he kept as a student in Rome, his memoir about his military experience, and photographs, this exhibit looks at how the years he spent in Italy as a student and as a soldier influenced his development as an artist.
Harry Allen Davis was an Indianapolis-based artist and educator. While he was born in the town of Hillsboro, in Fountain County, Indiana, he spent the majority of his youth living in brownsburg. As a young artist, he attended the John Herron Art Institute, earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1938.
Harry Davis was a professor at the Herron School of Art until his retirement in 1983. As an artist, he was known for his series of paintings featuring older American and more specifically, Hoosier, buildings and structures.
The Harry and Lois Davis Papers consist mainly of Harry Davis's correspondence and exhibition files, as well as scrapbooks and news clippings about Harry and Lois Davis and about Herron faculty and alumni.
Renowned for his meticulous renderings of Indiana landmarks, artist Harry A. Davis Jr. (1914-2006) inspires a devoted following among Hoosier art and architecture enthusiasts.
Documents about Harry A. Davis Jr.'s time working as an artist in Europe before and during World War II, including digitized selections from correspondence, a diary he kept as a student in Rome, his memoir about his military experience, artwork, and photographs.
