Stuart Davis

(American, 1892–1964)

untitled from ten works by ten painters portfolio by stuart davis

Stuart Davis

Untitled from Ten Works by Ten Painters Portfolio, 1964

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Biography

Timeline

1892
Born: December 7th, Philadelphia, PA
1909
Leaves high school to study with Robert Henri in New York
1918
Works as cartographer for U.S. Army Intelligence
1931 - 1932
Teaches at Art Students League, New York
1933
Joins the Public Works of Art Project
1935
Enrolls in Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project (WPA)
1940 - 1950
Teaches art at New School for Social Research, New York
1951
Visiting instructor at Yale University
1952
Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
1958
Awarded Guggenheim Museum International Award

Exhibitions

1992
The Drawings of Stuart Davis: The Amazing Continuity, organized by American Federation of Arts Traveled
1964
United States Post Office issues commemorative stamp designed by Davis; retrospective at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
1962
Downton Gallery. New York, NY
Joint retrospective exhibition with Marsden Hartley held at Indiana University
1960
Downton Gallery. New York, NY
1958
Downton Gallery. New York, NY
1957
Retrospective at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; group exhibition, Downtown Gallery
1956
Downton Gallery. New York, NY
1954
Downton Gallery. New York, NY
1952
solo exhibition at the American Pavilion, Venice Biennale
1951
Group show, Museum of Modern Art, New York