Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen), 1862-1928

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role

Artist Collector

dates

1862-1928

city

Rockland Lake

state

NY

other cities

Utica, NY; Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Florence, Italy;

sex

M

historical notes

Arthur Bowen Davies was an artist, collector and the principal organizer of the 1913 Armory Show.

Davies was a member of The Eight, a group of painters including five associated with the Ashcan school: William Glackens (1870-1938), Robert Henri (1865-1929), George Luks (1867-1933), Everett Shinn (1876-1953) and John French Sloan (1871-1951), along with Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Ernest Lawson (1873-1939) and Maurice Prendergast (1859-1924).

Davies is best known for his ethereal figure paintings. He worked as a billboard painter, engineering draftsman, and magazine illustrator.

decades
of activity

1900-1910
1910-1920
1920-1930

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
Delaware Art Museum Helen Farr Sloan Library	Arthur B. Davies papers	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	John Quinn memorial collection in the New York Public Library, 1901-1925.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Robert Laurent papers, 1869-1973.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Marie Sterner and Marie Sterner Gallery papers, 1913-1951.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Arthur B. Davies letters to Sally Lewis, 1919-1923	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Elmer Livingston MacRae papers related to the Association of American Painters and Sculptors, 1899-circa 2013, bulk 1912-1916	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Marie Sterner and Marie Sterner Gallery papers, 1913-1951.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Walt Kuhn Family papers and Armory Show records, 1859-1984, bulk 1900-1949	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Rockwell Kent papers, [circa 1840]-1993, bulk 1935-1961	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	John Davis Hatch papers, 1790-1995.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Walter Pach papers, 1857-1980	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Max Weber papers, 1902-2008	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Gifford Beal sketches, sketchbooks, and papers, 1889-2001, bulk 1900-1954	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Kenneth Shopen papers, 1931-1984.	see details...
University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections	Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1920-1968, n.d.	see details...
The Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library 10 East 71st Street	Arthur B. Davies artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation.	see details...
The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives 200 Eastern Parkway	Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen), 1862-1928. Artist file.	see details...
The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives 200 Eastern Parkway	Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen), 1862-1928. Artist file.	see details...
The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives 200 Eastern Parkway	Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen), 1862-1928. Artist file.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Maynard Walker Gallery records, 1923-1975	see details...
Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute Art Reference Library	Root, Edward Wales (1911-1953)	see details...