tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6770277846591515435.post4332754374896420837..comments2024-02-28T19:01:38.420-06:00Comments on The Painting Life: Why Is It Called Davy's Grey (Who Was Davy)?Byrne Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07483285005782515422noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6770277846591515435.post-10554125575960461722018-10-11T04:12:28.937-05:002018-10-11T04:12:28.937-05:00I may have overlooked the information here , but I...I may have overlooked the information here , but I seem to remember this pigment was developed for a specific reason . when colours such as yellows are darkened with black they turn to green which is not what we see when painting a subject like a lemon in shadow to correct this the inert slate grey Davy's grey was addition to the artists palette useful eugubinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02092540102889915047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6770277846591515435.post-135751589316648472016-08-22T15:09:50.546-05:002016-08-22T15:09:50.546-05:00Thanks for the link to that interesting discussion...Thanks for the link to that interesting discussion on grays. I agree that Davy's Gray is not the prettiest of grays, in my opinion, with that sickly green cast to it, but I'm sure it has its uses. I once read there are no wrong colors in painting, only poor choices.Byrne Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07483285005782515422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6770277846591515435.post-85278375272336093372016-08-21T20:56:47.933-05:002016-08-21T20:56:47.933-05:00though not much on Henry Davy or how it got its na...<br />though not much on Henry Davy or how it got its name but found a discussion on Davey's Gray.<br />Sending you the link. <br />http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=616306Smita Deshpandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18344502424443941511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6770277846591515435.post-11309376043037438112012-04-01T01:44:32.198-05:002012-04-01T01:44:32.198-05:00thanks for that- have just gone through exactly th...thanks for that- have just gone through exactly the same process wondering about who henry davy was and why the gray? I was more curious because I have looked alot recently at the australian impressionist works and noticed this colour and wondered what it was until I saw it on the windsor and newton colour chart. Your entry at least tells me that the colour was invented and known of 100 years ago, so it may well have been what they used..thanks!a little obsessedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07098531704065457448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6770277846591515435.post-63421711428719386312010-09-28T17:26:45.475-05:002010-09-28T17:26:45.475-05:00Wow-thanks so much for the additional information....Wow-thanks so much for the additional information. I'm sure everyone who wants to know more about Davy appreciates your comment.Byrne Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07483285005782515422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6770277846591515435.post-61471844233341399912010-09-26T05:29:03.434-05:002010-09-26T05:29:03.434-05:00I do not know anything about Davy's grey but I...I do not know anything about Davy's grey but I do know a little about Henry Davy, too much to list here. You say that Davy's grey was developed in the 18th century, if this is the case it could not be Henry Davy who drew and etched the “Architectural Antiquities of Suffolk” as he was not born until 1793. I do not think he would have had a paint named after him at 7 years old.<br />However the date could be out slightly as you mention Windsor and Newton, who were of course, based at Lowestoft (or had a factory there). Lowestoft is in North East Suffolk and not far from where Davy was born at Westhall. Davy married Sarah Bardwell of Southwold, again near Lowestoft, (both to the South) and Davy studied under John Sell Cotman while he was in Great Yarmouth. Great Yarmouth is 10 miles north of Lowestoft. It is highly likely that Davy would have used Windsor and Newton who produced artists’ materials including paints (I have known, in my lifetime, people who worked at the factory). <br />I have seen a lot of drawings and fine watercolours by Davy, but none of them in grey or slate, although the fact that I have not seen any does not mean that they do not exist. The early ones are all sepia and there are four in the Museum at Great Yarmouth of that area, while the 20 sepia drawings for the etchings of the “Seats of the Noblemen” published 1827, are bound into a copy with the etchings in Suffolk Record Office Ipswich. There is a fine collection of his drawings and watercolours in the British Library, London.<br /><br />Apart from the article by John Blatchly in the DNB there is an article by Denny in a back copy of the “Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History” Volume XXIX, Part 1 for 1961, published 1962 - I would gladly send you a copy.<br /><br />Robin DoughtyRobin Doughtyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614275282696931856noreply@blogger.com