Arthur B. Davies Nude 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)1920s Ashcan School Arthur B. Davies Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel, Chalk
Early 2000s Realist Arthur B. Davies Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Chalk, Pastel, Cardboard, Pencil
20th Century Contemporary Arthur B. Davies Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Pastel
19th Century Academic Arthur B. Davies Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Chalk, Crayon, Pencil, Carbon Pencil
Early 2000s Realist Arthur B. Davies Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Chalk, Pastel, Pencil, Cardboard
Late 20th Century Realist Arthur B. Davies Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Chalk, Crayon, Pastel
Early 2000s Realist Arthur B. Davies Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Chalk, Pastel, Cardboard, Pencil
Early 2000s Realist Arthur B. Davies Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Chalk, Pastel, Cardboard, Pencil
Early 20th Century Ashcan School Arthur B. Davies Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
1980s Contemporary Arthur B. Davies Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel
1990s Contemporary Arthur B. Davies Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Chalk, Pencil, Crayon, Paper
1920s Symbolist Arthur B. Davies Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel, Watercolor
20th Century Arthur B. Davies Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel