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

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dates 1862-1928
city Rockland Lake
stateNY
other citiesUtica, 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.
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1900-1910
1910-1920
1920-1930
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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, 1899-1958, (bulk 1899-1916). 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, Kuhn family papers, and Armory Show records, 1859-1978 (bulk 1900-1949)

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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, 1883-1980. see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Max Weber papers, 1904-1962. see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Gifford Beal sketches, sketchbooks and papers, 1902-1953. 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 Reference 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, 1847-1973. see details...
Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute
Art Reference Library
Root, Edward Wales (1911-1953) see details...