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Today we are going learn about a great English figurative painter and view examples of his Figurative Artworks.
Allan Douglas Davidson was born in London on May 14th, 1873.
His father was the historical painter, Thomas Davidson.
Allan studied at St. John’s Wood School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools. He was awarded a silver medal for a real figure painting in 1897. He also attended the 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 had dispensed with the traditional academic approach to figure painting and instead used 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.

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