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ID: 500115440
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500115440
 
Record Type: Person
Devis, Arthur (English painter, 1712-1787)

Note: Early specialist in the small conversation piece. His paintings are known for their doll-like charm and delicately detailed settings. Devis' works are of interest to social historians as his clientele was mostly from the newly prosperous middle class. Comment on works: Portraits; Figures in landscapes

Names:
Devis, Arthur (preferred,V,index,LC,Dutch-P,NA)
Arthur Devis (V,display)
1708 - 1787 (V)
a. devis (LU,U)
Devis (LU,U)
devis, a. (LU,U)
devis a. (LU,U)
devis a.w. (LU,U)
Devis, sen. (LU,U)

Nationalities:
British (modern) (preferred)
English

Roles:
artist (preferred)
painter
portraitist
glass painter
miniature painter
conservator

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Preston (Lancashire, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)
Died:  Brighton (Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)

Events:
active:   London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)
active:   Lancashire (New Castle county, Delaware, United States) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
parent of ....  Devis, Arthur William  
................  (English painter, 1762-1822) [500017216]
parent of ....  Devis, Thomas Anthony  
................  (British painter, 1757-1810) [500001847]
sibling of ....  Devis, Anthony Thomas  
..................  (British painter, 1729-1816) [500009608]
student of ....  Tillemans, Peter  
..................  (Flemish painter and draftsman, 1684-1734, active in Great Britain) [500004415]
teacher of ....  Marris, Robert  
..................  (British landscapist, 1750-1827) [500031149]
teacher of ....  Maynard, Thomas  
..................  (British painter, active 1777-1812) [500000926]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Devis, Arthur (I)

Biographies:
(English painter, 1712-1787) ..... [VP Preferred]
(British painter, ca.1708-1787) ..... [BHA]
(British, 1708-1787) ..... [GRLPA]
(British painter, 1711-1787) ..... [PROV]
(British artist, 1708-1787) ..... [WCP]
(British artist, 1712-1787) ..... [WCI]
(British artist, 1712-1787) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(artist, 1711-1787) ..... [GRL]
(British artist, ca.1708-1787) ..... [PROV]
(Unknown artist) ..... [PROV]
(English painter, 1711-1787) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
1708 - 1787 ........ [GRISC]
....................  M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
a. devis ........ [PROV]
................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Arthur Devis ........ [PROV, VP]
..........................  Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
..........................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..........................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Devis ........ [PROV]
.............  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
devis, a. ........ [PROV]
..................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
devis a. ........ [PROV]
................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Devis, Arthur ........ [BHA Preferred, GRISC Preferred, GRL Preferred, GRLPA Preferred, PROV Preferred, RKD Preferred, VP Preferred, WCI Preferred, WCP Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
............................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 80156628
............................  M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
............................  Oxford Concise Dictionary of Art and Artists (1996) 145
............................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
............................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 22393
............................  Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Künstler (1980-1986)
............................  Witt Library, Authority files
devis a.w. ........ [PROV]
....................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Devis, sen. ........ [PROV]
.......................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

Subject: ........ [BHA, GRISC, GRL, GRLPA, PROV, RKD, VP, WCI, WCP, WL-Courtauld]
....................  DNB: Oxford National Biography, 1912-1921 (1927)
....................  Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
....................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 10 Sept 2002
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.)
....................  M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
....................  Oxford Concise Dictionary of Art and Artists (1996) 145
....................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
....................  Redgrave, Artists of English School (1970)
....................  RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
....................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 22393
....................  Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Künstler (1980-1986)
....................  Waterhouse, British 18th-Century Painters (1981)
....................  Wikidata online (2000-) Q3286189
....................  Witt Library, Authority files
 
Note:
English .......... [VP, WL-Courtauld]
.......... Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
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