With his bold and often colourful compositions, Stuart Davis established himself as a well-known American painter by the 1930’s. Renowned for his jazz-influenced abstract pronto-pop paintings in the early 20th Century, Davis established himself as a key figure in the Modernist movement.
As one of the youngest painters to exhibit at the famous Armory Show of 1913, Stuart Davis exhibited five watercolour paintings. Observing his counterparts’ work, Davis was so influenced by what he saw and experienced at this show, he set about exploring a new direction which became his signature style of abstract still lives and landscapes.
Stuart Davis had a huge sense of pride being American. Through many of his works, this passion for American life is communicated with his paintings formed, including many distinctive New York life elements, through abstraction and colour.
