Julian O. Davidson, the son of Mathias Oliver Davidson (manager at the Cumberland Coal Mine), was born in Cumberland, Maine in 1853 and died in Nyack, New York in 1893. He is considered a Marine Painter, writer and illustrator from the American school.

He received his formal art education with Mauritz Frederik Hendrick de Haas (1823-1895). Upon finishing his studies with de Haas, Davidson opened his studio at the Nyack Boat Club. At the Boat Club, he was a considered champion sculler.

During the 1880s, Davidson began writing and illustrating for Harpers magazine. He also began exhibiting at the National Academy of Design in 1874 and continued to exhibit until 1893/4.

Museums: Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
F.D.R. Library, Hyde Park, New York

Listed:
Who was Who in American Art
Mantle Fieldings
E. Benezit
Dictionary of Marine Painters
Exhibitions of the National Academy (1861-1900)

Biography courtesy of Roughton Galleries, www.antiquesandfineart.com/roughton