Jo davidson biography
Joseph Davidson [commonly known as Jo Davidson] was....
Jo Davidson (March 30, – January 2, ) was an American sculptor.
Jo Davidson
American sculptor (–)
Jo Davidson (March 30, January 2, ) was an American sculptor. Although he specialized in realistic, intense portraitbusts, Davidson did not require his subjects to formally pose for him; rather, he observed and spoke with them.
He worked primarily with clay, while the final products were typically cast in terra-cotta or bronze, or carved from marble.
Background
Davidson was born in New York City, where he was educated before going to work in the atelier of American sculptor Hermon Atkins MacNeil.
Portrait sculptor, whose raison d'être was to sculpt the significant personalities of the 20th century.He subsequently moved to Paris in to study sculpture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
Career
Art
After returning to the United States, he was befriended by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, who purchased some of his work.
In Davidson secured his first solo gallery shows. In he was one of a dozen sculptors invited by the oilman E. W. Marland to compete for a commission for a Pioneer Woman statue in Ponca City.[1] Each was