Allan Douglas Davidson was born in London on 14 May 1873.
His father was the historical painter Thomas Davidson.
Allan studied at St John’s Wood School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools, being awarded a silver medal for painting a figure from life in 1897, and at Académie Julian in Paris.
He was elected to the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1921 and was also a member of the Langham Sketching Club.
He painted a small work for Queen Mary's Dolls' House.
Allan Douglas Davidson predominantly worked in oils and specialized in female nudes.
Allan Davidson has dispensed with the traditional academic approach to figure painting and using a subtle range of muted colors,
Muted colors are the opposite of vivid colors, and they are created by simply adding black, white, or complementary colors to a base color, making them grayed, dulled, or desaturated. “Muted colors” refers to colors that have a low saturation or chroma.
His favored genre was figures and portraits but Davidson is especially known for his studies of nudes, often depicting himself at work in his studio, painting his favorite models.
Allan was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers
