Arthur B. Davies Drawings and Watercolor 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)20th Century Tonalist Arthur B. Davies Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
1920s Ashcan School Arthur B. Davies Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Chalk, Pastel
Early 1900s Modern Arthur B. Davies Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
20th Century Tonalist Arthur B. Davies Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
20th Century Tonalist Arthur B. Davies Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
American Modern Arthur B. Davies Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
2010s Romantic Arthur B. Davies Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, C Print, Co...
2010s Abstract Expressionist Arthur B. Davies Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Charcoal, Ink, Gouache, Graphite
Early 20th Century Tonalist Arthur B. Davies Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Canvas, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Mid-20th Century Modern Arthur B. Davies Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor, Pencil
1980s Tonalist Arthur B. Davies Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Laid Paper
1970s Modern Arthur B. Davies Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Gouache
Late 19th Century American Impressionist Arthur B. Davies Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
1940s American Modern Arthur B. Davies Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Modern Arthur B. Davies Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Chalk, Pastel
2010s Abstract Expressionist Arthur B. Davies Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Charcoal, Ink, Graphite, Gouache
2010s Contemporary Arthur B. Davies Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Pastel, Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper