Vivian Davis, Fort Pierce, oil on board, 16 by 20 inches.
Vivian Davis taught art in Fort Pierce for 57 years. A student of history, Davis served as president of the Fort Pierce Historical Society. The Fort Pierce News Tribune (November 27, 1969), “Riverview Hotel brings early Florida history from the brush of Vivian Davis. Still standing on Second Street, this old building is now the Anglers Lodge. For a look at what it was in early days, see the show. Another Davis painting is the Sebastian Bridge, its curves pink against a pink sky…’I love that bridge’, said Vivian, ‘even just to sit beneath it and look….’”
Born: February 21, 1900, Boone, Iowa. Died: March 6, 1989, Fort Pierce. Education: Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; University of Florida. Membership: Fort Pierce Art Club; Florida Education Association; Florida Historical Society, American Association of University Women. Exhibits: Fort Pierce first sidewalk art exhibit of professional and amateur artists from Indian River area, February 7-8, 1953; Soroptimist Club, 2nd Annual Outdoor Exhibit, at Community Art Center, February 22, 1954; Soroptimist Art Exhibit, Fort Pierce Hotel, February 1956; Fort Pierce Art Museum, Indian River Park; Fort Pierce Art Museum, Indian River Park, November 1963, Sunset; Fort Pierce Jr. Woman’s Club, Art Exhibit of Local Artists, including Beanie Backus, April 1964; St. Lucie County Historical Museum, September 1969, murals; Fort Pierce Art Club, November 1969, Riverview Hotel (Anglers Lodge), Sebastian Bridge; Fort Pierce Art Club, October 1978, honorable mention.
