David Davies (artist)

David Davies (21 May 1864 – 26 March 1939) was an Australian artist who was associated with the Heidelberg School, the first significant Western art movement in Australia.

He subsequently attended the National Gallery of Victoria Art School in Melbourne, studying under Frederick McCubbin and the conservative George Folingsby from 1886 to 1890.

During this time, he joined the Buonarotti Club amongst other members of the Heidelberg School,[1] and often visited Arthur Streeton, Charles Conder and other plein air painters at their Mount Eagle "artists' camp".

In 1890, Davies submitted his painting Under the Burden and Heat of the Day to the National Gallery School's Travelling Scholarship competition, but lost.

Returning to Melbourne in 1893, Davies moved to the rural suburb of Templestowe, where he began painting the local scenery en plein air during the evening.