May 18, 2025
Stuart Davis - Two Cats (1912)
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Stuart Davis - Two Cats (1912)
Stuart Davis, Something on the Eight Ball, 1954
by Stuart Davis, 1954
Blue Café - Stuart Davis , 1928.
American, 1892 - 1964
Oil on canvas , 18 1/8 x 21 5/8 in. 46.0375 x 54.9275 cm.
Stuart Davis Composition Concrete (Study for Mural) 1957–1960 Oil on canvas 108.6 x 50.8 cm
Stuart Davis, Egg Beater No.4, 1928
Stuart Davis, New York Waterfront, 1938. Oil on canvas.
Davis’s brightly colored and energetic canvases reflect the dynamism of twentieth-century American life. The waterfront—from the bustling ports of New York to small boat harbors in New England—was one of his favorite themes. While Cubist tableaux often depict figurative or still life motifs, Davis chose instead to portray a bustling urban landscape comprising pier warehouses, smokestacks, and ship fragments. Additionally, Davis was one of the first visual artists to recognize jazz as a distinct American genre; his compositions relate to its syncopated rhythms and the diverse locations where this music thrived. The predominate use of red, white, and blue also underscores this work’s undeniable patriotic theme.
Photo & text: Buffalo AKG Art Museum