W. Glen Davis Oil Painting of Harbor Scene

Item Details

W. Glen Davis (Western PA, 20th Century)
Untitled, mid 20th century
Oil painting on unstretched canvas
Signed “W.G. Davis” to the lower left
Illegible enumeration appears to read “103” to the lower left

Provenance
From the collection of P.J. McArdle.

W. Glen Davis was an original member of the modern art Outlines Gallery in downtown Pittsburgh, which was started by Betty Rockwell in 1941. In addition, he was a member of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, and a founding member of the Art and Crafts Center, Society of Sculptors and the Abstract Group. During the 1940s, he studied with Amédée Ozenfant (French, 1886-1966) – founder of the Purist Movement and the Ozenfant School of Fine Arts in New York. Davis’ work was also exhibited at the first post-war survey of Abstract and Surrealist American art held at the Art Institute of Chicago in the winter of 1947-8.

Condition

- folding marks, minor fraying, perforations, and minor stains throughout the edges of canvas due to previous stretching; negligible scuffs to paint throughout the composition.

Dimensions

- measures the unstretched canvas; composition size 16" W x 18" H.

Item #

ITMG181640