DAVIES, ARTHUR B. (1862-1928), American painter, was born at Utica, N.Y., on Sept. 26,1862. He was a pupil of Dwight Williams at Utica, afterwards studying in New York and Chicago. He became an adherent of the Romantic school of painting and made notable contributions in the fields of etching and colour lithography. Among his more important works are "Dream" and "The Girdle of Ares," in the Metropolitan Museum, New York city; "Maya, Mirror of Illusions," in the Art Institute, Chicago; "Spring in a Valley" and "Night Overture," in the Minneapolis Institute of Art; and "The Place of the Mother" and "Children of Yesterday," in the Brooklyn museum. In 1923 his picture, "After-Thoughts of Earth," procured for him from the Carnegie Trust a medal of the first class and $1,5oo. He died in Italy on Oct. 24,1928.