biografía de Arthur Bowen DAVIES (1862-1928)

Lugar de nacimiento: Utica, NY

Lugar de defunción: Florence, Italy

Direcciones: NYC/Rockland Cnty, NY; Mexico, 1880; California, 1905

Profesión: Painter

Estudios: D. Williams, in Utica, at age 15; AIC, with C. Corwin, 1878; ASL, 1887.

Exposiciones: PAFA, 1893-1921, 1927-29; NAD, 1893-99; Boston AC, 1894-96; Pan-Am. Expo, Buffalo, 1901 (medal); Corcoran Gal, 1907-28 (prize, 1916), 1957; Newport AM, 1912 (innaugural); Armory Show, 1913; CI, 1913 (prize); Harbor Gal., NYC (exh. of prints), 1972; Babcock Gal., NYC, 1998 (solo); Salons of Am.

Asociaciones: N.A.; NYWCC; Am. PS; Mural Painters

Obra: MMA; AIC; Minneapolis Inst. Art; San Francisco AI; Brooklyn Inst. Mus.; RISD; Butler AI; CGA; Baltimore Mus. A

Comentarios: An important but enigmatic modernist whose art was poetic, mysterious, and visionary. His media ranged from sculptured wood, ivory, marble, wax, to lithograph and etchings, from water color to oil, from enamel and glass to Gobelin tapestry and rugs of fine weave. His subjects often include female nudes dancing in landscapes. He painted only two women: his mistress (1903-13) and a model, Wreath McIntyre (1914-28). Although he avoided all social activities, he served as president of Society of Independent Artists and was active in arranging the famous Armory Show of 1913. Macbeth Galleries (NYC) was his dealer. He managed to conceal until his death that he led a double life, with one family in Manhattan and the other in Rockland County. He died of a heart attack while on a trip to Florence with his mistress and daughter.

Fuentes: Brown, The Story of the Armory Show; Baigell, Dictionary.; Falk, Exh. Record Series; P & H Samuels, 125; Bennard Perlman, "A Model's Tale," Art & Antiques, p.82 n.d.;