Frank William Leslie Davenport ARCA (21 April 1905 – 28 February 1973) was a 20th-century British artist and teacher and a member of the

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of painters. Leslie Davenport Rosary Cemetery Norwich

Born in

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the son of Rowland Davenport and Mary Emily (née Hayward), Leslie Davenport studied at the

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and the

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. He taught painting at the Oxford School of Art and later in

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and

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. From 1939 to 1944 during

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he served as Aircraft Inspector in Bristol and Oxford. In 1944 he commenced teaching at the

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where he remained until his retirement in 1971.Davenport on the Fine Art database
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in 1944/5 and was elected Chairman in 1950; he was a member of the Norfolk Contemporary Art Society and an Associate of the

(ARCA). He married Heather Jean (née Carlton, 1927-1987) in Norwich in 1954.Frank William Leslie Davenport (1905–1973)
on

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From the mid 1950s to the early 1970s he led up to 200 artists, writers and musicians living on the beach and dunes at

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for six weeks every summer. ''Davenport's Norwich'', a book of his painting of

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, was published in 1973. His paintings are held in various collections and galleries. Davenport died in February 1973 in

aged 67 and is buried with his wife in the Rosary Cemetery in Norwich in the UK. In his will he left £9,551.00.Frank William Leslie Davenport - England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
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Leslie Davenport on Art UK
{{DEFAULTSORT:Davenport, Leslie 1905 births 1973 deaths Alumni of the Royal College of Art Alumni of the University of Westminster 20th-century English painters English male painters British contemporary painters Artists from Norwich English contemporary artists Norwich Twenty Group People associated with Norwich University of the Arts 20th-century English male artists