Original Gene Davis Washington Color School Hard Edge Vertical Stripes Vintage Modern Contemporary Post Painterly Abstract Acrylic Painting
Gene Davis, (August 22, 1920 - April 6, 1985); a painter associated with the Washington Color Painters; (an integral center to the Washington Color Field Movement). A self-taught artist, his early work represents several phases of experimentation, including Abstract Expressionism, Neodada and Proto-Pop.
In the early 1970's, the influential critic Clement Greenberg acclaimed the work of Gene Davis, Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland. These three artists were the best known of the first generation of the Washington Color School and all three gained national recognition in the ColorField movement.
In 1965, he participated in the “Washington Color Painters” exhibition at the Washington Gallery of Modern Art in Washington, D.C., which traveled around the U.S. and launched the recognition of the Washington Color School as a regional movement in which Davis was a central figure.
Davis began teaching in 1966 at the Corcoran School of Art, where he became a permanent member of the faculty. In 1974, Davis was awarded the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. In 1984, he was appointed the commissioner of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Though he worked in a variety of media and styles, Davis is best known for his acrylic paintings mostly on canvas of colorful vertical stripes, which he began to paint in 1958.
His work may be found in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York, NY; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA.
Gene Davis, Manner of
(August 22, 1920 - April 6, 1985)
Vertical Stripe Painting
Approx. 1975
Signed Reverse, on Wooden Stretcher Bars. Due to the lightness of the signature, painting is listed in the manner of Gene Davis
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Approximately 24"X36"
Mint/Excellent Original Condition
Black Vintage Frame; Excellent Condition
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