Gertrude Käsebier, 18 May 1852 - 13 Oct 1934 Search this
Sitter:
Arthur Bowen Davies, 26 Sep 1862 - 24 Oct 1928 Search this
Medium:
Platinum print
Dimensions:
Image/Sheet: 20.3 × 15.2 cm (8 × 6")
Mount: 25.7 × 16.8 cm (10 1/8 × 6 5/8")
Mount (II): 25.8 × 17.8 cm (10 3/16 × 7")
Mount (III): 28.8 × 19.5 cm (11 5/16 × 7 11/16")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1904
Exhibition Label:
After moving to New York City in 1887, Arthur Davies became a leading art-world figure. In addition to his work as an artist, he was also an advisor and mentor to others. While serving as president of the Association of American Painters and Sculptors, Davies also spearheaded the organization of the 1913 Armory Show, considered a turning point in the exhibition of modern American art. Many of his selections introduced European modernism—including works by Marcel Duchamp and Pablo Picasso—to audiences in Chicago, Boston, and New York.
A great admirer of Davies’s work, Gertrude Käsebier photographed him in 1904, the same year that he exhibited seven paintings at the National Arts Club alongside work by other progressive artists who would soon become part of the group known as “The Eight.” Davies inscribed the photograph to his fellow “Eight” artist George Luks.
Después de radicarse en la ciudad de New York en 1887, Arthur Davies llegó a ser una importante figura en el mundo del arte. Además de artista, fue consejero y mentor de otros. Como presidente de la Association of American Painters and Sculptors, lideró la organización del Armory Show de 1913, considerado un momento crucial en la exposición de arte moderno estadounidense. Muchas de sus selecciones también hicieron conocer el modernismo europeo —incluso Marcel Duchamp y Pablo Picasso— a los públicos de Chicago, Boston y New York.
Gertrude Käsebier fue una gran admiradora del trabajo de Davies y lo fotografió en 1904, año en que el artista expuso siete pinturas en el National Arts Club junto a otros colegas progresistas que pronto formarían parte del grupo “Los Ocho”. Davies dedicó la foto a George Luks, compañero de los “Ocho”.
