Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. At the same time, however, Davis felt a deep attachment to the subject matter of his art, and did not hesitate to ...
Art historians and curators offer disparate explanations for Stuart Davis’ absence from the list of American artists who are “household names.” Stuart was ahead of his time, say some. His paintings ...
The exhibition that belatedly introduced Van Gogh, Cezanne, Matisse, Rouault, Braque and Picasso to the U.S. public—Manhattan’s Armory Show in 1913 —also inspired a young U.S. artist named Stuart ...
In 1937, Stuart Davis received a commission from the WPA Federal Art Project to paint a mural for a low-income public housing development in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. (Then, the neighborhood was a ...
In both his life and his art, Stuart Davis is as American as bourbon on the rocks. A dumpy, bejowled man who talks with down-to-earth honesty in a good-natured nasal growl, Davis likes television, ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The papers of painter Stuart Davis measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1934 to 1940. The collection is comprised of correspondence that includes ...
Stuart Davis, “Lucky Strike” (1921), oil on canvas, 33 1/4 x 18 inches, The Museum of Modern Art, New York; gift of the American Tobacco Company, Inc., 1951 (all ...
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