Biography of Léon Daviel 1865-1932
Painter, wood engraver, illustrator.
Taken from "The Print Collector's Quarterly", vol.20, 1933
Art Index, October 1932- Sept. 1935
Ed. Alice Dougan & Bertha ?oel,
H.W.Wilson, New York 1935
E.Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres,
Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs & Graveuers, 1924
Graves Vol.1, 1905
Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists, 1800-1914
Published December 1982;
ISBN-10: 0902028731;
ISBN-13: 9780902028739
Vollmer, Hans. Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Kunstler des XX. Jahrhunderts.
6 vols. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1953-1962. N 40 V6 FAL Ref
(trad) Learned wood engravure in Paris, came to London in 1891,
Joined the staff of the "Graphik". Worked for M.H. Spielmann.
Learned painting at the
Académie Colarossi
and at
Carolus-Duran's.
In 1893 placed a portrait of a lady in the Royal Academy in London.
From icollector.com,
"Portrait of Sir Lovelace T Stainer, Bishop of Shrewsbury":
"The artist, Leon Daviel was born in Paris, studied under
Carolus-Duran,
exhibited at RA.
"Exhibited one portrait at the Royal Academy 1893" -
Dictionary of Victorian Painters, Christopher Wood, 2nd Edition.
Jacques-Davial de la Nézière is probably a different artist;
his dates are given as
1879-1958 or perhaps more
reliably as
1873-1944
E.Benezit, 2me Edition
Nézière (Jacques-Davial de la), peintre et
aquarelliste, XIXe, XXe siécles (Ec. Fr.).
A traité des sujets d'histoire, mais s'est plutôt
fait connaitre par les tableaux et des aquarelles emprintés à
l'Orient. On voit de lui au musée d'Alger:
Monument Orjental (aquar.)
et à celui de Beurges: Jacques Cœur faisent visiter à
Charles VII les chantiers de son palais en construction.