Jessie Freemont Davis (1887-1969) Portrait and landscape painter, muralist and teacher Jessie Fremont Snow Davis (Mrs. Clifford J. Davis), 1887-1969, was born near Georgetown, Texas. She moved to Dallas, studying there with well-known Texas art figures Frank Klepper, Frank Reaugh, John Francis Knott and Martha Simkins. She assisted Reaugh for many years in his classes, and traveled, in 1923 and 1924, to West Texas and Colorado in Reaugh's summer sketching trips. Moving to New York, she studied with Dimitri Romanowsky and George Brandt Bridgman at the Art Students League. Back in Dallas, Davis taught in the evening classes of the Dallas public schools. "A feeling of primitive simplicity, joy, and frankness," were the words a Dallas critic chose to describe her work. Davis died in Dallas and was buried in San Angelo, Texas.Jessie Davis was a member of the Dallas Art Association, Frank Reaugh Art Club, Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts, and Klepper Sketch Club, all in Dallas; National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors; Southern States Art League; and Texas Fine Arts Association.Her work may be found in the collections of the Dallas Museum of Art; Technical High School and Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts, Dallas; and Tom Green County Public Library.Jessie Davis' exhibitions include: Annual Exhibition of the State Fair of Texas, Dallas; Frank Reaugh Art Club, Dallas; National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors; and Southern States Art League Annual Exhibition. - Davis, Jessie Freemont Snow Wiliamson Cd J. Davis). (1887-1969). B: near Georgetown, Williamson County. D: Dallas.Painter, sculptor, pastelist, craitsperson, muralist, teacher. Studied: Martha Simkins; John France Knott, Frank Reaugh; Art Students League of New York, George Brandt Bridgman; Dimitri Romanovsky; Frederic Taubes, Pliot O'Hara; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts School; Octavio Medellin. Member: Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts, Frank Reaugh Art Club; Klepper Sketch/Art Club; Texas Fine Arts Southern States Art League; National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors; Dallas Art Association; Texas Artists Group; Delta Art Group (founder). Selected Exhibitions: Dallas Woman's Forum, 1926, 1929, 1931;Highland Park Gallery, 1927; Frank Reaugh Art Club, 1921, 1929, Pear Blossoms, 1930, 1931, Homestead, 1932, 1934, 1938, 1940, Across the Track, 1941, Fruit and Pottery, Gentians, 1942, Home Defense, Alice in Wonderland, Bust-Frank Reaugh (terra cotta), Brazen Hussy, Pairs of Bulls, 1944, Still Life, 1946, Still Life, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1962; Dallas Allied Arts Exhibition/Dallas County Exhibition, 1929, Spring Time, 1930, The Gate, 1931, Boat Landing, Old Homestead, Posted, Borrowed Fan, San Joaquin Valley, Maple Avenue Bridge, Altheas, 1932, Ten Nights in a Tourist Camp, Lightning, Feeding Time, 1933, (prize) Pelican Row, Antiques, 1935, The Globe, 1937, Farm Life, Empty Trough, 1940, 1943, 1944, A Request (terra cotta), 1947, Misosa (terra cotta), 1948, Blue Plate (ceramic) (prize);State Fair of Texas, Dallas, 1928, Sejii Bowl, 1931, Apaches, Still Life, 1932, By the Sea, 1934, Surf and Water, 1938, Sharpening a Chisel, 1939, Mr. W. L.; Dallas Woman's Club, 1931; Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, Lubbock, 1931; Texas Artists Exhibition, Fort Worth Museum of Art, 1931, Still Life, 1932, Ovens-San Ildefonso, 1933, Old Spanish Trail, 1934, Gentians, 1935, Cow Ponies, 1936, Zinnias, 1937, Still Life; Klepper Sketch/Art Club, Dallas, 1931, Altheas, Maple Avenue Bridge, 1932; Tri-State Fair Amarillo, 1932, CopperOak Cliff Society of Fine Arts, 1932, 1947; Texas Fine Arts Association, 1932, Posted, 1933, Pelican Row (pastel), 1934, 1935, Antiques; Dallas City Temple Building, 1933;Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1933, (prize), 1941, Across the Tracks; Joseph Sartor Galleries, Dallas, 1934, (pastel);Sunset High School Art Exhibition, Dallas, 1935, Pass Christian; Dallas Painters in Oils, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1935, Callas; Painters of America Exhibition, Wichita, Kansas, 1937, Empty Trough; Greater Dallas and Pan-American Exposition, Dallas, 1937, Brick Cleaners;Women Artists of Dallas County, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1938, Themis; Southern States Art League, 1940, 1946, Across the Track; National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, 1944; Texas General/Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, 1944, Across the Track;Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1945; Texas Artists Group, 1945, Somervell County; North Texas Artists, Telenews Theater, Dallas, 1945; Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, 1947; Student Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts School, 1949, Green Plate (honorable mention); Texas Crafts Exhibition, Dallas, 1949, Blue plate, Red plate, Ear Shell Bowl, Mimosa, Hitch-hiker (ceramics) (prize);Merchants State Bank, Dallas, 1954; La Fiesta of Arl, Dallas, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960. Selected Public CollectionsTom Green County Public Library, San Angelo, TXDallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TXOak Cliff Society of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX Davis often assisted Frank Reaugh with art instruction at his studio. She taught easel painting, pottery, and china painting at the Dallas Public Evening School. She traveled with Reaugh on sketching trips in 1923 and 1924.