GIFTED ARTIST

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 9, 12 January 1938, Page 10

GIFTED ARTIST

LATE MR. S. DAVIS

; In a reference to the late Mr. Stanley Davis. Mr. G. G. Stewart, Publicity Manager of Railways, paid the following high tribute to his work and personality:—

"The sudden death of Mr. Stanley Davis, supervising artist' of tne Railway Department's studios, at the early age of 46 years, came as a sad shock to his many friends and associates. The world .is distinctly poorer through his

departure.

I "Stanley Davis had a genius for friendship as well as for art. He was intensely alive and derived pleasure from small things that others might regard as commonplace. In particular, he had an exquisite appreciation of 'form and colour, and he sought to find jthe significance and relationship of all things and thoughts that he saw, touched, or heard expressed. He, used every sense to the highest degree, and was rewarded with a richness and fullness of living that we, who knew him, could appreciate though we could not always keep pace with him.

"Sensitive as a thoroughbred, outstandingly generous, and full of a steady desire for the betterment of his £ellow-men, Stanley Davis was an associate and friend who most nearly approached the ideal. He was true and steadfast to the art in which his genius found its most expressive outlet, and all his work carried the impress of that manly strength of which j his fine physique was the basis. Hif work indicated, too, the clearness of vision and firm grip of the facts which he always gained before applying his capable hand, fine brain, and vivid imagination to any piece of artistic display.

"The effectiveness of railway publicity in recent years owes a great deal to the co-operation and stimulus given it by the good will and genius of this king of artists. His passing is a loss in which it is difficult to find consolation. What he accomplished stands as a monument to the genius of the man, but all who .knew him felt that his greatest work was yet to be done. I

i "His great ideal was happiness for the wide world, and he had some very bold, thoughtful theories for the making of peace and good will, and for establishing a good standard of living for average families in all countries.

"To a casual person these theories may have seemed to be dreams, but to an intelligent hearer they bore evidence of profound, far-reaching thought."