De Scott Evans
De Scott Evans was an American painter known for working in a number of genres. Raised in Indiana, he spent much of his career in Ohio and then moved to New York City. His posthumous reputation is largely based on a number of trompe loeil still lifes that have been attributed to him.
David Scott Evans was born in Boston, Indiana to David S. and Nancy A. Evans. His father was a physician. He attended Miami Universitys preparatory school in the 1860s, studying with professor Adrian Beaugureau at Miami and later in Cincinnati. Evans married Alice Josephine Burk in 1872. They had two biological daughters, Mabel and Blanche, and an adopted daughter, Laura.
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