Description:

Arthur Bowen Davies
New York, (1862 - 1928)
two female nudes
graphite on paper / pastel on paper
Signed lower.

Biography from the Archives of askART: Born in Utica, NY in 1863 of Welsh descent. When Arthur was 16, the Davies family moved to Chicago. He studied at the AIC and later furthered his art studies in Mexico while working as a civil engineer. His first exhibition was in 1888 at the American Art Ass'n. While in northern California in 1905, he painted in the Sierra. He was one of "The Eight," a group of painters who became a symbol of revolt in American art after an exhibition in NYC in 1908. Davies was instrumental in creating the Armory Show of 1913 there after which time he adopted a Cubist style. His final years were spent in Florence, Italy; he died there in 1928. Famous for his landscapes with figures, his early paintings were romantic and emotional while his later works were more self-conscious. Member: NA. Exh: Newhouse Gallery (LA), 1929. In: MM; Oakland Museum; AIC.

Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Artists of the American West (Samuels); Art in California (R. L. Bernier, 1916); Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs (Bénézit, E); From Frontier to Fire; Art News, 12-22-1928 (obituary).

Provenance:
Born in Utica, N.Y., Arthur Bowen Davies studied at the Chicago Academy of Design (1879-1882). Attended, briefly, the Art Institute of Chicago. Moved to New York City to study at the Art Students League. Arthur Bowen Davies became a leading figure helping to plan the 1913 Armory Show in New York that dramatically changed directions in American art. Davies was a member of The Eight-- those artists associated with the Ashcan school. But unlike the bold and heavily wrought oil paintings of Robert Henry, William Glackens and George Luks, Davies was best known for painting ethereal pastoral figural compositions in a classical vocabulary. Major museums across the U.S. own and display examples of his work.

    Dimensions:
  • 13"H x 10"W (one)
  • Artist Name:
  • Arthur Bowen Davies
  • Medium:
  • graphite on paper / pastel on paper

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