Art historians and curators offer disparate explanations for Stuart Davis’ absence from the list of American artists who are “household names.” Stuart was ahead of his time, say some. His paintings ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. At the same time, however, Davis felt a deep attachment to the subject matter of his art, and did not hesitate to ...

The exhibition that belatedly introduced Van Gogh, Cezanne, Matisse, Rouault, Braque and Picasso to the U.S. public—Manhattan’s Armory Show in 1913 —also inspired a young U.S. artist named Stuart ...

Painter Stuart Davis is a small, rotund man who complains a good deal these days about not feeling too well. When asked specifically what ails him, he sweepingly announces, “I’m sick!” He may be—but ...

Stuart Davis, “Lucky Strike” (1921), oil on canvas, 33 1/4 x 18 inches, The Museum of Modern Art, New York; gift of the American Tobacco Company, Inc., 1951 (all ...