Waterfront Landscape — Stuart Davis

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Artist: Stuart Davis
Date: 1936
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Culture: United States

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THE ARTIST

Stuart Davis

Stuart Davis was a pioneering American modernist painter who infused his canvases with the vibrant energy of jazz and urban life.

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