Daniel Graves
Daniel Graves graduated from the Maryland Art Institute in 1972 where he studied with Joseph Shepard and Frank
Russell. He continued his studies at the Villa Schifanoia Graduate School of Fine Art with Richard Serrin.
Following his studies with Rickard Lack in Minneapolis, he taught at the Atelier Lack Studio of Fine Art. In
the late 1970s, Graves worked with Nerina Simi, who maintained a classical 19th Century studio. Ms. Simi was
the daughter of the Florentine painter Filadelfo Simi, who had studied with Jean-Leon Gerome, the head of the
French Academy in Paris in the 1870s. From these influences emerged a style that blended the Florentine
tradition with the French Academy resulting into a modern approach within the traditions of realistic oil
painting. In 1984, Daniel Graves joined Charles Cecil to found the atelier Studio Cecil-Graves and trained
many contemporary artists who paint in the classical tradition. Seven years later in 1991, Daniel Graves
went on to found The Florence Academy of Art, which strives to provide the highest level of instruction to
train a select group of highly skilled Realist artists.
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Realists
