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Gene Davis
Born: 22 August 1920; Washington, D.C., United States
Died: 06 April 1985
Field: painting, installation
Nationality: American
Art Movement: Post-Painterly Abstraction
School or Group: Washington Color School
Genre: abstract painting
Influences Cloud: Paul Klee
Gene Davis was one of the most important painters associated with the Washington Color School and, in general, with the so-called "Post-Painterly Abstraction" (term coined by critic Clement Greenberg), movement largely derived from Abstract Expressionism. Davis is well-known for his signature style that makes use of (often brightly-colored) vertical stripes.
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.jpg!xlSmall.jpg "Red Devil - Gene Davis")
Red Devil, 1959
.jpg!xlSmall.jpg "Black Grey Beat - Gene Davis")
Black Grey Beat, 1964
.jpg!xlSmall.jpg "Passion Flower - Gene Davis")
Passion Flower, 1968
Micro-Painting, 1968
.jpg!xlSmall.jpg "Franklin's Footpath - Gene Davis")
Franklin's Footpath, 1972
Sun Sonata, 1983
Moroccan Midnight, 1984
Artworks by Style
Surrealism
Tree House, 1981
Abstract Expressionism
Composition I, 1949
Homage to Dubuffet I, 1952
Angel Vine, 1952
Bird Land, 1952
Saber Dance, 1952
Bridge, 1952
Red Line, 1952
Autumn, 1955
Christmas Tree, 1956
Dog and Flowers, 1957
Stripes, 1957
Bay, 1958
Color Field Painting
Stripes, 1957
Green Glow, 1958
.jpg!xlSmall.jpg "Salute - Gene Davis")
Salute, 1958
Pumpkin, 1959
Red Devil, 1959
.jpg!xlSmall.jpg "Two Yellows - Gene Davis")
Two Yellows, 1959
Untitled, 1959
End Stripes, 1960
Limelight/Sounds of Grass, 1960
Pin Stripes, 1960
Celtic Dawn, 1960
Sunball, 1960
Hard Edge Painting
Micro-Painting, 1968
Micro-Painting, 1968
Micro-Painting, 1968
Micro-Painting, 1968
Micro-Painting, 1968
Micro-Painting, 1968
Micro-Painting, 1968
Micro-Painting, 1968
Micro-Painting, 1968
Micro-Painting, 1968
Micro-Painting, 1968
Micro-Painting, 1968
Art Brut
Inner Space, 1952
Leap Frog, 1952
Seascape, 1952
Man at the Pump, 1955
Secret Garden, 1981
Neo-Dada
Leaping Horse, 1958
Deep Six, 1979
Cross Fire, 1981
Boxcar, 1981
Birth, 1981
Death Heads, 1982
Animals, 1983
Op Art
Sun Sonata, 1983
Minimalism
Peach Glow, 1958
Untitled #1, 1971
Untitled, 1972
Hummingbird, 1978
Carousel, 1980
Post-Painterly Abstraction
Untitled #1, 1971
King Oliver, 1977
Meandering, 1979
Artworks by Genre
marina
Seascape, 1952
animal painting
Animals, 1983
poster
.jpg!xlSmall.jpg "Smithsonian Resident Associate Program Tenth Anniversary Poster - Gene Davis")
Smithsonian Resident Associate Program Tenth Anniversary Poster, 1975
Smithsonian Resident Associates Program 1985 (20th Anniversary Poster), 1985
figurative painting
Leap Frog, 1952
Inner Space, 1952
Angel Vine, 1952
Man at the Pump, 1955
Autumn, 1955
Dog and Flowers, 1957
Leaping Horse, 1958
Secret Garden, 1981
Tree House, 1981
Birth, 1981
Death Heads, 1982
abstract painting
Composition I, 1949
Bird Land, 1952
Saber Dance, 1952
Bridge, 1952
Homage to Dubuffet I, 1952
Red Line, 1952
Christmas Tree, 1956
Stripes, 1957
Bay, 1958
Salute, 1958
Blue Rectangle II, 1958
Green Glow, 1958
installation
Franklin's Footpath, 1972
Sun Sonata, 1983
Untitled (MP21-25)
Artworks by Technique
acrylic
Bay, 1958
Untitled, 1959
Untitled, 1962
Wall Stripes No. 3, 1962
.jpg!xlSmall.jpg "Ferris Wheel - Gene Davis")
Ferris Wheel, 1963
Sour Ball Beat, 1964
Black Grey Beat, 1964
Lemon Ice, 1965
Red Witch, 1966
Dr. Peppercorn, 1967
Barricades, c.1968
Micro-Painting, 1968
crayon
Deep Six, 1979
magna
.jpg!xlSmall.jpg "Blue Broad Jump - Gene Davis")
Blue Broad Jump, 1960
Sweet Score-Skylark, 1960
Peeping Wall, 1960
Homage to Matisse, 1960
Pink Stripe, 1960
Red Dog, 1961
Tom's Furnace, 1961
Citadel, 1962
Edges/Solar Beat, 1961-1962
Untitled, 1964
Solar Skin, 1964
Flower Machine, 1964
oil
Composition I, 1949
Homage to Dubuffet I, 1952
Christmas Tree, 1956
pencil
.jpg!xlSmall.jpg "Lime-Lemon - Gene Davis")
Lime-Lemon, 1970
Deep Six, 1979
screenprint
Passion Flower, 1968
ink
Untitled, 1981
oil on canvas
Salute, 1958
Two Yellows, 1959
Red Devil, 1959
serigraph
.jpg!xlSmall.jpg "Tarzan (Series I) - Gene Davis")
Tarzan (Series I), 1969
lithograph
.jpg!xlSmall.jpg "Ferris Wheel - Gene Davis")
Ferris Wheel, 1980
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