Buildings & Figures, Symphonic Rhythms
Type:Painting
Year:ca. 1931
Size:8.75" x 11.25"
Medium:Gouache
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Gouache & Pencil on paper.
Stuart Davis ART FOR SALE
1892 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1964 New York City. Known for: Abstraction, mod-real imagery.
Lots Sold: 66%, High Price: $12.2M (2024), Per sq in: $9427 (2015).
Born in Philadelphia in 1892, Stuart Davis is known by many art historians as the American painter most influenced by Cubism. Art historian Norman Geske described Davis' career as a "near classical... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia in 1892, Stuart Davis is known by many art historians as the American painter most influenced by Cubism. Art historian Norman Geske described Davis' career as a "near classical demonstration of the process by which American painting of the twentieth century came of age." (40).... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia in 1892, Stuart Davis is known by many art historians as the American painter most influenced by Cubism. Art historian Norman Geske described Davis' career as a "near classical demonstration of the process by which American painting of the twentieth century came of age." (40). Davis moved from journalistic illustration to Social Realism, to Expressionism, to Cubism, ultimately becoming one of America's leading abstractionists. Strongly influenced by Fernand Leger and the... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia in 1892, Stuart Davis is known by many art historians as the American painter most influenced by Cubism. Art historian Norman Geske described Davis' career as a "near classical demonstration of the process by which American painting of the twentieth century came of age." (40). Davis moved from journalistic illustration to Social Realism, to Expressionism, to Cubism, ultimately becoming one of America's leading abstractionists. Strongly influenced by Fernand Leger and the New York Armory Show of 1912, he developed his own unique style of Cubism, which also incorporated Realism. Along with Max Weber, he is credited with being the importer of Cubism to the United States from France at a time when the public was more... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia in 1892, Stuart Davis is known by many art historians as the American painter most influenced by Cubism. Art historian Norman Geske described Davis' career as a "near classical demonstration of the process by which American painting of the twentieth century came of age." (40). Davis moved from journalistic illustration to Social Realism, to Expressionism, to Cubism, ultimately becoming one of America's leading abstractionists. Strongly influenced by Fernand Leger and the New York Armory Show of 1912, he developed his own unique style of Cubism, which also incorporated Realism. Along with Max Weber, he is credited with being the importer of Cubism to the United States from France at a time when the public was more interested in Social Realism and American Scene painting with people and places that were recognizable. Through his... Read full biography
Stuart Davis - Art for Sale (3 available)
Boat, Armchair and Tree
Type:Drawing
Year:c. 1930
Size:13.00" x 19.00"
Medium:Ink
Signed:Unsigned
Ivy League
Type:Print
Year:1953
Size:5.00" x 8.00"
Medium:Screenprint/Silkscreen
Signed:Unsigned