He was born in
Amorgos as the son of a merchant. His parents moved to Athens where he visited the
School of Arts as a guest lecturer. In 1908 with a scholarship he went to Munich and studied at the
Academy of Fine Arts Munich. His teachers there were
Carl von Marr and
Ludwig von Löfftz. Davis became member of the Munich Artist Union (Münchner Künstlergenossenschaft) and participated at the international
Glaspalast exhibitions in 1918, 1919, 1922 and 1925. His studio was in
Schwabing. Nicolaus Davis died in
Ebersberg (near Munich) in 1967. == Works ==