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Stuart Davis
American Painter, 1894-1964
Hot Still-Scape for Six Colors - 7th Avenue Style, 1940.
By Adrianna Thomas
Anchor, 1935
•Born in Philadelphia, Penn.
•His mother was a sculptor & his father was an art editor for a newspaper.
• He became a Modern Artist
BIOGRAPHY
Early Work
1917-1922
Barbershop Chord, 1931
Famous for his Hard-edge paintingsand abstract still lifes and landscapes.
Memo, 1956 Combination Concrete
His work shows the environment of American life rearranged into flat poster-like patterns with precise outlines
and sharply contrasting colors.
Abstraction, 1937
"I paint what I see in America, in other words I paint the American scene." Stuart Davis.
New York Waterfront, Oil on Canvas, 1938
Blips and Ifs, 1963-64Owh! in San Pao, 1951
Later WorkPainted pure abstract patterns, often used lettering, suggestions of advertisements.
The Mellow Pad, 1945-51
Colonial Cubism, Oil on Canvas, 1954
Rapt at Rappaport’s, 1952Ready to Wear, 1955
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