Arthur B. Davies Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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)20th Century Tonalist Arthur B. Davies Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
20th Century Tonalist Arthur B. Davies Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
20th Century Tonalist Arthur B. Davies Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1930s Arthur B. Davies Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Crayon
19th Century Impressionist Arthur B. Davies Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Gouache
1980s Tonalist Arthur B. Davies Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Laid Paper, Watercolor
1870s Tonalist Arthur B. Davies Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil, Paper
1930s American Modern Arthur B. Davies Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
20th Century Arthur B. Davies Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
1910s Tonalist Arthur B. Davies Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel
Mid-20th Century Post-War Arthur B. Davies Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Late 19th Century Tonalist Arthur B. Davies Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Arthur B. Davies Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Gouache
1910s Tonalist Arthur B. Davies Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Gouache, Watercolor
1930s American Modern Arthur B. Davies Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor