Stuart Davis
(December 7, 1892 - June 24, 1964) |
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Jazz influence, proto pop art paintings Art Work
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Stuart Davis |
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Male |
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Philadelphia, United States |
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American |
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December 7, 1892 |
| Death: |
June 24, 1964 |
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Quick Facts
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Jazz influence, proto pop art paintings |
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Modernism |
| Fine Art Profession(s): |
Painting
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Biography
| An American painter born in Philadelphia. He studied with Henri in 1910-13 but rejected his emphasis on subject matter. He moved toward Post-Impressionism, Fauvism and Cubism and frequently used banal source material to his imagery, such as his Lucky Strike, a prosaic representation of a cigarette packet. After living in Paris from 1928-29 his work took on the characteristics he was known for: flat forms, strong colors, words and signs in hieratic script. His work is known as wholly American near-abstract art, coexisting with the European contemporaries with a personal and transcontinental subject matter. |
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