Louis Davis (painter)

Louis Davis was born on 28 May 1860 and raised in Abingdon, Oxfordshire on East St Helen Street.

His father was a manufacturer, with an interest in the Davis Engineering and Launch Building Company, which built and refurbished boats, barges and canals.

Davis seemed to have suffered a stroke, lost his ability to speak, and occasionally required a wheelchair for mobility.

[1] Davis died in 1941, after which Edith sold their home and studio and returned to East Anglia where she was raised.

[1] Having suffered from the accidental fire and resulting fumes in 1915, Davis used or reworked previous designs with the assistance of Thomas Cowell from James Powell & Sons for his commissions.

[1] In 1935 for a review of his exhibit in London, the Oxford Mail said that: "Mr Davis, who was born at Abingdon, is one of the last remaining Pre-Raphaelites.

"[1] The Abingdon Parish Magazine wrote in their obituary of him: "His colour and design satisfy the sense of beauty, and the actual craftsmanship will always be a wonder to those who understand the art of glass-making.