Miriam Isabel Davis (1856 – 20 February 1927) was an English painter, best known for her portrait, floral and genre scene paintings.
Miriam Isabel Davis | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1856 London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 20 February 1927 (aged 70–71) |
| Resting place | Willesden Jewish Cemetery, London Borough of Brent |
| Education | Bloomsbury School of Art |
| Spouse |
Henry Morris Imano (né Hyman)
(m. 1904; died 1907) |
Biography
editDavis was born in London to Jewish parents Eliza and James Phineas Davis. Her mother was a correspondent of Charles Dickens, whose former home at Tavistock House the Davis family inhabited.[1][2]
After making a tour of the galleries of Venice, Florence, and Rome, Davis began a systematic course of artistic study at London's Bloomsbury School of Art. Her artistic career began in 1882 when her work was exhibited by the Society of Lady Artists. In 1887 a painting by her entitled New Music was hung at the Royal Academy, and in 1889 she contributed to the Paris Salon. Among her other works are Winter Harmonies (1887), A Shady Seat (1888), The Last of the Season (1889), White and Gold (1890, exhibited at the New Gallery), Pure Emblems of Pleasure (1891, exhibited at the Royal Academy), and Simplicité (1892, shown at the Paris Salon).[3] From 1895 Davis was engaged in portrait painting, but remained well known for her flower subjects.[4] She exhibited often at the Society of Women Painters, of which she was one of the founders.
In 1904 she married Cornish Jewish opera singer Henry Morris Imano (né Hyman), who toured with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.[4]
References
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Jacobs, Joseph; Lipkind, Goodman (1903). "Davis, Miriam Isabel". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 474.
- ^ Baumgarten, Murray (March 2015). ""The Other Woman" – Eliza Davis and Charles Dickens" (PDF). Dickens Quarterly. 32 (1): 62, 70. doi:10.1353/dqt.2015.0008. S2CID 162101435.
- ^ Solomons, Israel (1925). "Charles Dickens and Eliza Davis". Miscellanies. 1. Jewish Historical Society of England: iv–vi. JSTOR 29777057.
- ^ Graves, Algernon (1905). The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and Their Work from Its Foundation in 1769 to 1904. Vol. II. London: Henry Graves and Co.
- ^ a b Rubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael A.; Rubinstein, Hillary L., eds. (2011). "Imano (né Hyman), Henry Morris (24 March 1854–26 March 1907), opera singer, and Imano (née David), Miriam Isabel (c. 1866–after 1920), painter". The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 447. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6. OCLC 793104984.