| 释义 |
- Early life
- Career
- Death and legacy
- References Citations Bibliography
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| name = Fay E. Davis
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| birth_name = Fay Elizabeth Davis
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|07|08}}
| birth_place = Indianapolis, Indiana
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|11|30|1916|07|08}}
| death_place = Bradenton, Florida
| nationality = American
| other_names = Fay Davis Prout, Fay D. Prout
| occupation = artist
| years_active = 1932–1945
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}}Fay E. Davis (July 8, 1916 – November 30, 1997) was an American artist, graphic designer and muralist who created three post office murals as part of the art projects for the New Deal's Section of Painting and Sculpture. Early lifeFay Elizabeth Davis was born on July 8, 1916, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Georgia (née Amick) and Julian Davis.{{sfn|Falk|1985|p=151}}{{sfn|Indiana Marriage Records|1943|p=484}} She attended the John Herron Art Institute, graduating in 1938. That same year, she won the prize for the best entry in the Indiana Art Exhibit.{{sfn|Falk|1985|p=151}} CareerDavis was one of the artists working for the Works Project Administration (WPA) to complete murals depicting regional scenes. The artists were encouraged to visit the towns where they were to work to incorporate themes important to the local area. Paintings typically were completed off-site and then sent to the building in which they were to be installed.{{sfn|Thompson|2000|p=7}} She won a commission to complete the post office mural for Ligonier, Indiana, which was installed in 1940. The painting, Cutting Timber depicted lumberjacks felling trees and removing them by oxcart.{{sfn|Carlisle|1995|p=28}}{{sfn|The Angola Herald|1940|p=3}} Davis won two commissions in Illinois, Loading the Packet for the Chester post office and The Illini and Potawatomies Struggle at Starved Rock at Oglesby.{{sfn|Thompson|2000|p=7}} Loading the Packet was completed in 1940 and portrays the daily lives of citizens during the peak of riverboat travel—children playing, families talking and dockworkers loading boats. It was cherished by the community as reflective of their heritage, with the postmaster once saying if the building caught fire, the mural rather than the mail should be saved.{{sfn|Reeves|2002|p=32}}{{sfn|Illinois Women Artists Project|2017}} In 1942, Davis's second Illinois mural, The Illini and Potawatomies Struggle at Starved Rock, was installed in the post office at Oglesby. She had won the commission to paint the mural the previous year and made several trips to Starved Rock State Park to prepare the painting, which features 14 Native Americans in battle. Some of the fighters are on horseback and others are on foot. Painted in muted earth tones, the painting faded badly and was restored in 1988. In 1993, the mural came back into the news when a janitor at the post office claimed the nudity of the figures rendered the scene pornographic and filed a union grievance; while his complaint was being reviewed, the painting was shielded from the public by blinds.{{sfn|Smith|1993|pp=18–19}}{{sfn|The Telegraph|1993|p=9}} After a petition drive by local citizens to remove the blinds, the mural was uncovered and back on public display.{{sfn|The Telegraph|1993|p=9}} Post office employees reported that the controversy had elevated the number of people who came to see the painting.{{sfn|Smith|1993|p=19}} On December 18, 1943, Davis married fellow artist and Herron alumnus, George M. Prout in Columbus, Indiana.{{sfn|The Columbus Herald|1943|p=3}} She worked at Staley Manufacturing Company as a drafter, while continuing to work in a studio she and her husband shared in Columbus. The year following her marriage, Davis-Prout won first prize in the 37th Annual Indiana Artists Exhibition, the oldest art competition in the state, with her entry Coal for Chicago.{{sfn|The Republic|1944|p=3}}{{sfn|The Vidette-Messenger|1944|p=22}} In 1947, she went to work at Arvin Industries in the Columbus plant, remaining there for at least five years.{{sfn|The Columbus Herald|1952|p=5}} In 1959, the couple relocated to Sarasota, Florida, and then moved to Bradenton in 1972.{{sfn|Nielsen|2008}} Death and legacyDavis-Prout died on November 30, 1997, in Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida.{{sfn|Social Security Death Index|2014}} References CitationsBibliography{{refbegin|30em}}- {{cite book|ref=harv|last=Carlisle|first=John C.|title=A Simple and Vital Design: The Story of the Indiana Post Office Murals|year=1995|publisher=Indiana Historical Society|location=Indianapolis, Indiana|isbn=978-0-87195-110-6}}
- {{cite book|ref=harv|last1=Falk|first1=Peter Hastings|title=Who Was Who in American Art|date=1985|publisher=Sound View Press|location=Madison, Connecticut|isbn=0-932087-00-0|edition=Compiled from original American Art Annual:Who's Who in Art, 34 volume set|page=151}}
- {{cite news|ref=harv|last1=Nielsen|first1=J.|title=A career capturing human nature|url=http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20080605/a-career-capturing-human-nature|accessdate=March 7, 2017|work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|date=June 5, 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307193905/http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20080605/a-career-capturing-human-nature|archivedate=March 7, 2017|location=Sarasota, Florida}}
- {{cite journal|ref=harv|last1=Reeves|first1=Ryan|title=Restoration Project|journal=Illinois Issues|date=December 2002|volume=28|issue=12|pages=26–32|url=https://archive.org/stream/illinoisissues282002sang#page/32/mode/1up/search/Loading+the+Packet|accessdate=March 7, 2017|publisher=University of Illinois at Springfield|location=Springfield, Illinois|issn=0738-9663}}
- {{cite news|ref=harv|last1=Smith|first1=Wes|title=Illinois janitor says mural in post office is obscene, files claim (pt. 1)|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/california/santa-ana/santa-ana-orange-county-register/clippings/Celebrity/215668/|accessdate=March 7, 2017|work=The Orange County Register|date=August 15, 1993|location=Santa Ana, California|page=18|via = Newspaperarchive.com}} {{open access}} and {{cite news|title=Mural (pt 2)|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/california/santa-ana/santa-ana-orange-county-register/clippings/Celebrity/215669/|accessdate=March 7, 2017|work=The Orange County Register |date=August 15, 1993|location=Santa Ana, California|page=19|via = Newspaperarchive.com}} {{open access}}
- {{cite journal|ref=harv|last1=Thompson|first1=Mary Emma|title=The Depression Era Art Projects in Illinois|url=http://www.lib.niu.edu/2000/ihsp00tc.html|journal=Illinois Heritage|date=Summer 2000|volume=2|issue=3–4|pages=4–11|accessdate=March 7, 2017|publisher=Illinois State Historical Society, University of Illinois Press|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303104729/http://www.lib.niu.edu/2000/ihsp0004.html|archivedate=March 3, 2016|location=Springfield, Illinois|issn=1094-0596}}
- {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Columbus Herald|1952}}|author=|title=Arvin Honors 238 Employees at Plants Here|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9372494/the_columbus_herald/|accessdate=March 7, 2017|work=Columbus Herald|date=March 21, 1952|location=Columbus, Indiana|page=5|via = Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}
- {{cite web|ref={{harvid|Indiana Marriage Records|1943}}|author=|title=Bartholomew County, Indiana Marriage records|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6QV7-DXQ?mode=g&i=250&cc=1410397|website=FamilySearch|publisher=Bartholomew County Clerk Office|accessdate=March 7, 2017|location=Columbus, Indiana|date=December 20, 1943|id=certificate #332869}}
- {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Vidette-Messenger|1944}}|author=|title=Chesterton Man Win Indiana Artists Prize|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/Indiana/Valparaiso/Valparaiso-Vidette-Messenger/clippings/Other-Articles/44581/|accessdate=March 7, 2017|work=The Vidette-Messenger |date=May 1, 1944|location=Valparaiso, Indiana|page=22|via = Newspaperarchive.com}} {{open access}}
- {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Angola Herald|1940}}|author=|title=New WPA Mural Installed in New Ligonier Postoffice|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9373272/angola_herald/|accessdate=March 7, 2017|work=The Angola Herald |date=September 20, 1940|location=Angola, Indiana|page=3|via = Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}
- {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Telegraph|1993}}|author=|title=Post office mural is back on display|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/illinois/alton/alton-telegraph/clippings/Celebrity/215665/|accessdate=March 7, 2017|work=The Telegraph |date=August 22, 1993|location=Alton, Illinois|page=9|via = Newspaperarchive.com}} {{open access}}
- {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Columbus Herald|1943}}|author=|title=Prout-Davis Rites Are Read|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5345097/proutdavis_rites_are_read_the/|accessdate=March 7, 2017|work=The Columbus Herald |date=December 22, 1943|location=Columbus, Indiana|page=3|via = Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}
- {{cite news|ref={{harvid|The Republic|1944}}|author=|title=Top Art|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9372386/top_art_the_republic_columbus/|accessdate=March 7, 2017|work=The Republic |date=May 1, 1944|location=Columbus, Indiana|page=3|via = Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}
- {{cite web|ref={{harvid|Illinois Women Artists Project|2017}}|author=|title=Travel Guide for Chester|url=http://iwa.bradley.edu/resources/travel/city/Chester|website=Illinois Women Artists Project|accessdate=March 7, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307171621/http://iwa.bradley.edu/resources/travel/city/Chester|archivedate=March 7, 2017|location=Peoria, Illinois|date=2017}}
- {{cite web|ref={{harvid|Social Security Death Index|2014}}|author=|title=United States Social Security Death Index: Fay D Prout|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V944-HM2|website=FamilySearch|publisher=National Technical Information Service|accessdate=March 7, 2017|location=Alexandria, Virginia|date=May 20, 2014}}
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