Research Catalog

Title

• American modernism at mid-century : the work of Morris Davidson / [edited by] Kevin D. Murphy ; with contributions from Lucinda Rosenfeld, Margaret R. Laster and Melissa Renn.

Publication

• [Amherst] : University of Massachusetts Press, [2017]
• [Nashville] : Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, [2017]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Davidson, Morris, 1898-1979
• Laster, Margaret R.
• Murphy, Kevin D.
• Renn, Melissa
• Rosenfeld, Lucinda
• Vanderbilt University. Fine Arts Gallery host institution.

Description

152 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm

Summary

This volume presents the first scholarly consideration of Morris Davidson (1898-1979), an influential painter and educator whose work has been neglected in the art history of mid-twentieth century American painting. Davidson studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, with painters in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and eventually in Paris. He became a leader in the cause of abstract painting through his teaching in New York City and Provincetown, his influential books, Understanding Modern Art (1931) and An Approach to Modern Painting (1948), and his own widely exhibited work. Two essays address Davidson's place in New York and in Provincetown, a memoir of his Cape Cod art school and studio captures his private world, and a catalog of twenty-five exemplary works illuminates his varied production.

Alternative Title

Work of Morris Davidson

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Art, Modern > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Davidson, Morris, 1898-1979

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: Essays -- "The Mecca of Artists": Morris Davidson in New York / Margaret R. Laster -- At the Frontier of Pure Painting: Morris Davidson in Provincetown / Melissa Renn -- Memories of My Grandfather, Morris Davidson / Lucinda Rosenfeld -- Catalogue -- Contributors to the Catalogue -- Figures -- 1. Self-Portrait, 1939 -- 2. Portrait of Anne Davidson, 1935 -- 3. Movers, 1942 -- 4. Untitled, nd -- 5. Discussion, 1943 -- 6. Untitled, 1944 -- Landscapes and Cityscapes -- 7. Asheville, 1928 -- 8. Rockport, 1939 -- 9. Rockport, 1941 -- 10. City View, nd -- 11. View of a Street, ca. 1935 -- 12. Dock and Dories, 1944 -- 13. Balance, 1946 -- 14. Sea Theme No. 1, 1951 -- Still Life -- 15. Composition with Saw, 1939 -- 16. Still Life with Coffee Pot, 1950 -- 17. Untitled, 1953 -- 18. Untitled, nd -- 19. Untitled, nd -- 20. Untitled, nd -- Abstractions -- 21. Painting with Ball and Glove, 1949 -- 22. Untitled, 1961 -- 23. Untitled, 1964 -- 24. Forms on Umber, 1972 -- 25. Calligraphy on Large Form, 1977 -- 26. White Lines on Black, nd.

ISBN

• 9781625342881
• 1625342888

OCLC

987374404

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library