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Stuart Davis

Stuart DavisAKA Edward Stuart Davis

Born: 7-Dec-1892
Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA
Died: 24-Jun-1964
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Stroke
Remains: Buried, Green River Cemetery, East Hampton, NY

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Painter

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: American cubist painter

Military service: US Army (cartographer, WWI)

Father: Edward Wyatt Davis (graphic artist, newspaper editor)
Mother: Helen Stuart Foulke (sculptor)
Brother: Wyatt Davis (b. 14-Feb-1906)
Wife: Bessie Chosak (m. 1929, d. 15-Jun-1932 botched abortion)
Wife: Roselle Springer (m. 25-Feb-1938)
Son: George Earl Davis (b. 1952)

    High School: East Orange High School, East Orange, NJ (1910)
    Conservatory: New York School of Art
    Teacher: Art Students League of New York (1931-32)
    Teacher: New School for Social Research (1940-51)
    Teacher: New Jersey State Teachers College, Newark, NJ (1942)
    Teacher: Yale University (1951)

    The Masses 1912-16
    American Artists Congress National Secretary (1936-40)
    American Group 1936
    American Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers Society 1936
    Artists Committee for Action 1936
    Artists Union President
    Co-ordination Council 1936
    John Reed Club 1936
    Mural Artists Guild 1936
    National Institute of Arts and Letters 1956
    Armory Show
    Risk Factors: Smoking


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