Stuart Davis

Stuart Davis was born in Philadelphia on 7th December, 1894. His father was the art editor of the Philadelphia Press. At the age of sixteen Davis began studying at the New York School of Art under Robert Henri, leader of what became known as the Ash Can School. Davis developed left-wing views and in 1911 began contributing pictures to the radical journal, The Masses.

In 1923 Davis moved to New Mexico where he painted still-lifes. He also began experimenting with Cubism but it was only after spending a year in Paris that he developed his own distinctive style. His abstract patterns that included lettering was inspired by advertisement posters.

During the 1930s Davis became art editor of the Artists' Congress magazine, Art Front. He also painted several public murals including: Men Without Women (1932), Swing Landscape (1938) and History of Communication (1939). Stuart Davis, a strong defender of modern art, died in 1964.




Filadelfia, 1894-Nueva York, 1964) Pintor estadounidense. Es uno de los pioneros del arte abstracto en EE UU. De su producción, cabe destacar obras abstractas inspiradas en el cubismo sintético