Stuart Davis

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Stuart Davis American Painter, 1894-1964
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Style, 1940.
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BIOGRAPHY

• Born in Philadelphia, Penn.
• His mother was a sculptor his father was an art
  editor for a newspaper.
• He became a Modern Artist

Anchor, 1935
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Early Work 1917-1922
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Famous for his Hard-edge paintings and abstract
still lifes and landscapes.
Barbershop Chord, 1931
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His work shows the environment of American life
rearranged into flat poster-like patterns with
precise outlines and sharply contrasting colors.
Memo, 1956
Combination Concrete
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"I paint what I see in America, in other words I
paint the American scene." Stuart Davis.
Abstraction, 1937
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New York Waterfront, Oil on Canvas, 1938
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Later Work Painted pure abstract patterns, often
used lettering, suggestions of advertisements.
Blips and Ifs, 1963-64
Owh! in San Pao, 1951
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The Mellow Pad, 1945-51
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Colonial Cubism, Oil on Canvas, 1954
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Ready to Wear, 1955
Rapt at Rappaports, 1952