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Stuart Davis

STUART DAVIS (1392-1964) ON THIS SITE, THE AMERICAN ARTIST STUART DAVIS MAINTAINED HIS STUDIO AND RESIDENCE FROM 1934 ΤΟ 1954. IT WAS HERE THAT HE PAINTED MANY OF HIS MOST IMPORTANT WORKS...

STUART DAVIS (1392-1964) ON THIS SITE, THE AMERICAN ARTIST STUART DAVIS MAINTAINED HIS STUDIO AND RESIDENCE FROM 1934 ΤΟ 1954. IT WAS HERE THAT HE PAINTED MANY OF HIS MOST IMPORTANT WORKS INCLUDING: "HOT STILL-SCAPE FOR SIX COLORS - SEVENTH AVENUE STYLE" (1940); "OWH! IN SAN PAO" (1951); AND "RAPT AT RAPPAPORT'S" (1952). DAVIS PAINTED FOR SIX DECADES AND WAS AN ORIGINAL AND IMPORTANT FORCE IN AMERICAN ART. HE ALSO WAS AN ACTIVE PART OF THE FLOURISHING ACADEMIC, INTELLECTUAL, ART AND JAZZ LIFE OF GREENWICH VILLAGE. DEDICATED BY CAMBRIDGE OWNERS CORP. 1998 Submitted by @lampbane

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