Frank William Leslie Davenport ARCA (21 April 1905–28 February 1973) was a 20th-century British artist and teacher and a member of the Norwich Twenty Group of painters. Leslie Davenport Rosary Cemetery Norwich

Leslie Davenport Rosary Cemetery Norwich

Born in Harrow the son of Rowland Davenport and Mary Emily (née Hayward), Leslie Davenport studied at the Harrow School of Art and the

Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It o ...

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

Bideford Art School Bideford Art School was an art school in Bideford in Devon from 1896 until the 1970s. Located on The Quay, today the building is used as Bideford Arts Centre and has been a Grade II listed building on the Register of Historic England since 2001.

in North Devon. From 1939 to 1944 during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

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

Norwich School of Art Norwich University of the Arts (NUA) is a public university in Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom that specialises in art, design and media. It was founded as Norwich School of Design in 1845 and has a long history of arts education. It gained ful ...

where he remained until his retirement in 1971.Davenport on the Fine Art database
/ref> He joined the Norwich Twenty Group 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 Ancestry.com 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

Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...

, 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