Stuart Davis (painter)

Stuart Davis (December 7, 1892 – June 24, 1964), was an in the future American modernist painter. He was without difficulty known for his jazz-influenced, proto-pop art paintings of the 1940s and 1950s, bold, brash, and colorful, as skillfully as his Ashcan School pictures in the forward years of the 20th century. With the belief that his decree could assume the sociopolitical setting of America, Davis' political statement was apparent in all of his pieces from the most abstract to the clearest. Contrary to most modernist artists, Davis was aware of his embassy objectives and allegiances and did not waver in loyalty via artwork during the course of his career. By the 1930s, Davis was already a well-known American painter, but that did not keep him from feeling the negative effects of the Great Depression, which led to his bodily one of the first artists to apply for the Federal Art Project. Under the project, Davis created some seemingly Marxist works; however, he was too independent to fully hold Marxist ideals and philosophies. Despite several works that appear to reflect the class struggle, Davis' roots in American optimism is apparent throughout his lifetime.