. International studio. BLITHE IUNE C harles J~i. Davis one seventy-eight JUNE 1922 the creations of his contem-poraries. The rest of the year,except when an occasional art jury demands hisservice, is spent in solving his own problems inhis own way. He is very close to nature, a beauti-iul nature, and his studio is set in a curve of theriver amidst the Hills and trees that form thefamiliar motive of his canvases. Davis uses his landscape forms almost en-tirely as an expression of mood. He paints not atree or hillside in spring, but the spirit of springitself; not the tangled,
. International studio. BLITHE IUNE C harles J~i. Davis one seventy-eight JUNE 1922 the creations of his contem-poraries. The rest of the year,except when an occasional art jury demands hisservice, is spent in solving his own problems inhis own way. He is very close to nature, a beauti-iul nature, and his studio is set in a curve of theriver amidst the Hills and trees that form thefamiliar motive of his canvases. Davis uses his landscape forms almost en-tirely as an expression of mood. He paints not atree or hillside in spring, but the spirit of springitself; not the tangled, tawny undergrowth ofravines and wood, but the somber quiet of a dayin fall; not the snowy approach to the hill-topfarm, but the mystery of winter with a hint of snowin the air. And yet, with all their spiritual qualityhis pictures are as solidly substantial as we couldwish. We can walk on Davis hills, his rocks have EARLY SUMMERBY CHARLES H. DAVIS art career has worked apartfrom his fellow painters, he hasnever been without keen interest in them and intheir work, and this has been generously rec
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