Robert Tyler Davis

Robert Tyler Davis (1904–1978) was an American art historian, writer and educator.[1] During his lifetime, Davis occupied high ranking positions in several museums and galleries in the United States and Canada. He was Director of Education at the Albright-Knox Gallery, Director at the Portland Art Museum,[2] the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts[1] and the Vizcaya-Dade County Art Museum, now Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. Davis produced several publications including the book Native arts of the Pacific Northwest.

Robert Tyler Davis
Born1904
Died1978
NationalityAmerican

During his tenure at the Albright-Knox Gallery, Davis produced a report funded titled The Art Museum and the Secondary School, it is in this report that the first documented occurrence of the term "visual literacy" is recorded in literature.[3]

References
  1. Robert Tyler Davis at the SIA archives.
  2. Lampen, Sarah (2017). A History of Engagement: The Portland Art Museum. Portland Art Museum. pp. 6–7.
  3. Peña, Ernesto; Dobson, Teresa M. (2021-03-23). "The lost years of visual literacy". Journal of Visual Literacy. 40: 1–14. doi:10.1080/1051144X.2021.1902043. ISSN 1051-144X. S2CID 233622183.
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