Stuart Davis: The Artist

Stuart Davis was an American modern artist born in 1892 in Philadelphia, Massachusetts who focused on Cubist and abstract styles. He grew up in an artistic family with his father working as an art editor and his mother a sculptor, influencing his career in art. Davis helped create a new form of Cubism in the U.S. and used oils on canvas as his medium, with five of his watercolor pieces featured in the influential 1913 Armory Show in New York City.