This weekend is your last chance to purchase artworks from Davidson Galleries and support your favorite artists!
Mr. Davidson will be permanently closing Davidson Galleries’ website on September 1st. Any final orders must be completed before then. Please contact the gallery with any inquiries at [email protected].
We can’t thank everyone enough for your support over the years and the latest outpouring of gratitude. We are grateful to have been a part of the arts community and to have helped bring art into your collections.
Best wishes from Sam Davidson & Davidson Galleries Staff
A new chapter begins! Although Davidson Galleries is closed, the important work of promoting fine original prints and works on paper will continue at 85 Yesler, with a new gallery, Gallery No. 85. You will see many familiar faces from Davidson Galleries, including artists and staff members, and new artists too. Follow the new gallery to learn more! @no85.art
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A New Chapter Begins
Dear Friends of Davidson Galleries,
Thank you for your support of Davidson Galleries as a fifty-two year member of the Seattle arts community. Although I have closed Davidson Galleries, I am excited to share that the important work of promoting fine original prints and works on paper will continue at 85 Yesler, with a new gallery, Gallery No. 85.
Gallery No. 85 will be showing the works of many accomplished contemporary artists formerly represented by Davidson Galleries.
I am pleased to pass on this community commitment to Elizabeth Hawley, the Owner and Director of Gallery No. 85. She holds her BA and MA in Art History and comes to No. 85 with years of art market experience.
I will continue to sell and administer my own collection as well as that of a select group of private collectors under the name Davidson Print Fellowship. I can be reached at [email protected].
Sam Davidson
Want to learn more?
*Follow @no85.art
*Subscribe to No. 85’s newsletter at the link in bio
*Visit 85 Yesler Way, Seattle during
Pioneer Square’s First Thursday Art Walk
for the opening of their first exhibition!
Thank you for your ongoing interest and support of original prints. We look forward to many more years of care for art, artists, and the art community we share.
See you soon!
New artist feature: Juan Genovés | Echoes of the People. Online only. View these works and the complete collection at davidsongalleries.com
“For me, the little figures fulfill the missions of realism and humanity, in that they represent how we are all the same, but also different.” -Juan Genovés
Juan Genovés (Spanish, 1930-2020) was born in Valencia, Spain in 1930. His childhood was defined by the Spanish Civil War and Franco’s fascist dictatorship, witnessing firsthand the crowds of people running for shelter. Genovés studied at the San Carlos School of Fine Art in Valencia. He settled in Madrid in the 1960s and was connected to many active artist groups including Los Siete, Parpalló, and Hondo, all working in post-war Spain. Throughout his career, Genovés was involved in the opposition movements against the Franco regime, efforts toward the recovery of Spanish democracy, and the fight for social justice.
Rejecting what he considered elitism within abstraction, Genovés borrowed techniques from Pop art, perspectives from newspapers, and surveillance imagery to show crowds, spotlights, and shadows of people in distress. Often devoid of clear landmarks or locational details, his work demonstrates the universality of terror and its effects on people internationally. Genovés’ work has been exhibited and received awards internationally and is held in many major collections, including Centre National d’Art Contemporain in Paris, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, and the Museum Moderner Kunst in Vienna. Genovés died in Madrid in 2020.
We are now online only! Visit davidsongalleries.com now through August 31st.
Local pickup, nationwide & international shipping are available for online orders.
The physical gallery is open only by appointment, Tuesday – Saturday. Please prearrange your pickup.
Contact us with any questions at 206.624.7684 or [email protected].
Thank you for your support and patience!
Today is the last day to visit the gallery in person! Come in from 11 to 5!
The gallery will be open online only August 10-31. During this period, the physical gallery will be open only for special appointments and order pickups.
We hope to see you at Davidson Galleries one last time! Thank you for your support!
Last chance to view the current exhibition: Gordon Mortensen | Carving Color. (And our final First Thursday Art Walk!)
View the complete exhibition on our website davidsongalleries.com. Full list of titles and artwork information on our website.
Whether in the forest, in a field of flowers, or overlooking the seaside from the cliffs, we see the landscape as it is: vast, rich, and powerful. We can sense the time it would take to hike to the distant hills, or the force the white waves carry as they reach the shore. Mortensen cuts through the woodblock the same way that rock formations cut through the sky or water carves out channels. Each work is specific to a true place, the actual season, and a particular moment, but captures a universal awe for nature and its magnitude.
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Visit the gallery this week for the last chance to see the exhibition! Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11-5 + Thursday 11-8 for First Thursday Art Walk.
This is also the final week that Davidson Galleries will be open in-person and our final First Thursday. We hope to see you there one last time!
We have an important announcement about the future of Davidson Galleries.
Mr. Davidson will be closing the physical gallery space at 85 Yesler Way in Pioneer Square after August 9th. The website will stay open for online purchases for local pickup, nationwide, and international shipping until September 1st. We will continue to welcome walk-ins, but appointments are recommended to see specific works not currently on display.
Gallery hours for the final week
Tues Aug 5: 11 am – 5 pm
Wed Aug 6: 11 am – 5 pm
Thurs Aug 7: 11 am – 8 pm (First Thursday Art Walk)
Fri Aug 8: 11 am – 5 pm
Sat Aug 9: 11 am – 5 pm (Last day)
Online only
Aug 10 – Aug 31
Local pickup, nationwide & international shipping available
We hope to see you at Davidson Galleries one last time this week!
July Staff Recommendations featuring works by Werner Drewes, Marit Berg, Peter Jogo, and Leonard Baskin.
Visit davidsongalleries.com/collections/staff-recommendations or scroll down on our homepage (link in bio).
Artworks pictured:
Werner Drewes, ‘Monumental Structure’
Marit Berg, ‘Honey Bee 6’
Peter Jogo, “Suburban Nocturne II’
Leonard Baskin, ‘Lavinia’
Now on view: Gordon Mortensen | Carving Color. Exhibition on display July 3 – August 30, 2025.
This exhibition features vibrant reduction woodcuts from contemporary American artist, Gordon Mortensen. A master of the challenging reduction woodcut technique, Mortensen shows how vast spaces can be preserved on paper in radiant color.
Visit the gallery Tuesday - Saturday 11-5. View the complete exhibition on our website davidsongalleries.com.
Artworks pictured:
‘Wild Iris’
‘Steward’s Cove’
‘Carmel Point’
‘Matilija Poppies’ (& detail)
Artemio Rodríguez, ‘La Lotería VII’, linocut. Now on view in the gallery and online.
For ‘Lotería de la Vida (The Daily Gamble)’: “This exhibition focuses on the games, the roll of the dice, the lotteries we’re forced to play. Lotería is a popular game commonly played in Mexico and widely known for its bold, graphic imagery. Like bingo, the game involves a lot of luck and influence from outside forces...”
Visit Contemporary Exhibitions on davidsongalleries.com (homepage link in bio). The exhibition is on display now through Saturday June 27th.
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Visit the gallery today for the last chance to see the exhibition! Regular hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11-5. We will be closed on Tuesday while we prepare for the next exhibition.
Last chance to view the current exhibition: Artemio Rodríguez | Lotería de la Vida (The Daily Gamble).
View the complete exhibition on our website davidsongalleries.com. Full list of titles and artwork information on our website.
Influenced by both European medieval woodcuts and Mexican cultural symbolism developed by artists like José Guadalupe Posada, Rodríguez’s style emphasizes simplicity, clarity, and narrative. His images come from contemporary icons like American cartoons and chicano culture and historical traditions like mythology, surrealism, zodiac signs, and Mexican costumbrismo. A poet at heart, Rodríguez uses the physicality of the printmaking process to write stories in images.
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Visit the gallery today or tomorrow for the last chance to see the exhibition! Regular hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11-5.
Artemio Rodríguez, ‘Arrogance’, ‘Avarice’ and ‘Wrath’ from Seven Deadly Sins, linocut. Now on view in the gallery and online.
For ‘Lotería de la Vida (The Daily Gamble)’: “In the Seven Deadly Sins series, Uncle Sam is bitten by lust (Attack) and terrorizes the globe with a machine gun (Wrath). The world’s chaos and cruelty are clear in Rodríguez’s images. So is the absurdity.”
Visit Contemporary Exhibitions on davidsongalleries.com (homepage link in bio). The exhibition is on display now through Saturday June 29th.
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Visit the gallery this week for the last chance to see the exhibition! Regular hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11-5.
