J.B. Davol

J. B. Davol

J. B. Davol

J. B. Davol

J. B. Davol

J. B. Davol

J. B. Davol

Joseph Benjamin Davol (1864-1923) was a marine painter and art teacher. He was born in Chicago. Following art studies in Boston and New York, Davol studied in Paris at the Académie Julian in 1895-96. In Paris he studied with Henri Laurens, Benjamin, and Constant. He was a student of Charles Herbert Woodbury, and lived in Ogunquit, Maine during his active years a professional painter until his death. He commissioned the building of a studio from the noted architect John Calvin Stevens. Davol died in Ogunquit and his obituary appeared in the New York Times Sunday June 17, 1923. Davol was a silver medal winner at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.