W. Glen Davis Oil Painting on Unstretched Canvas of Abstract Figure

Item Details

W. Glen Davis (Western PA, 20th Century)
Untitled
Oil on unstretched canvas
Unsigned
21.5’ W x 29.5’ H

An abstract oil painting on canvas of a figural composition by American artist W. Glen Davis (20th Century). This work features a seated stylized figure wearing a hat, rendered with thick bold outlines and simplified angular shapes, set against a fragmented background. The work is unsigned; it remains unstretched and unframed.

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

- some craquelure scattered throughout painting; wear and folding along canvas edges; some rubbing along painting edges; small spots of paint loss scattered throughout composition.

Dimensions

- measurement of entire canvas.

Item #

18DCC307-033