CHRISTIE'S
Paintings — Finch and Co's Cabinet of Curiosities
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London,
United Kingdom
Lot 62 Arthur William Devis (1762-1822)
Arthur Devis (1712 - 1787) 
Arthur Devis
19.02.1712 - 25.07.1787
Arthur Devis was a British portrait painter.
Devis is best known for his portraits of local gentry and their families. The people Devis depicts look slightly embellished, in some ways even puppet-like, living in a perfectly beautiful world. Devis's paintings have become of interest to current social historians because most of his customers were members of the new prosperous middle class - merchants and rural landowners. Toward the end of his life, the artist's popularity began to wane as his style was considered old-fashioned.
One of Devis's sons, Arthur William Devis, also became an artist.
