Arthur B. Davies Paintings
Born in Utica, NY in 1962, Arthur Davies sold his first sculpture — a small, detailed sailboat carved with a pocketknife — at the age of 12 for $25. After the 1913 Armory Show, Davies began to regularly cast small bronze sculptures and reliefs from wood carvings, and later from clay. These pieces were carved from life on occasion but more often from sketches. As Bennard B. Perlman notes in The Lives, Loves, and Art of Arthur B. Davies (1999), "experimentation in a three-dimensional medium was akin to his use of abstraction in painting, except that color was eliminated, allowing him to concentrate on the angular break up of shapes without the added complexity of considering hue, value, and intensity." Davies exhibited internationally, saw his work enter major public and private collections, and at the time of his death, the Metropolitan Museum of Art organized a large memorial exhibition. Today Davies’ artworks can be found in numerous public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Art Institute of Chicago; National Gallery of Art; Philadelphia Museum of Art; and Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
(Biography provided by Driscoll Babcock Galleries)Early 1900s Modern Arthur B. Davies Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
Late 20th Century Modern Arthur B. Davies Paintings
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
1960s American Modern Arthur B. Davies Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
1970s Modern Arthur B. Davies Paintings
Paper, Gouache
2010s Modern Arthur B. Davies Paintings
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
Late 20th Century Modern Arthur B. Davies Paintings
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
1940s American Modern Arthur B. Davies Paintings
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Late 20th Century Modern Arthur B. Davies Paintings
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Arthur B. Davies Paintings
Paper, Gouache, Oil Pastel
1940s American Modern Arthur B. Davies Paintings
Gouache, Archival Paper
1970s Modern Arthur B. Davies Paintings
Watercolor, Paper
20th Century American Modern Arthur B. Davies Paintings
Watercolor, Archival Paper
1970s American Modern Arthur B. Davies Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
Early 1900s Modern Arthur B. Davies Paintings
Oil, Board