Stuart Davis (1892-1964), Rue Lipp 1928
In Stuart Davis’s art piece, Rue Lipp, place is one of the most dominant aspects and it was largely taken into consideration. Not only was it named after a restaurant that Davis visited in Paris, but we can see through the simple yet expressive buildings that were drawn, how Davis wants to portray the beauty of Paris and his enjoyment in that particular place. Despite that fact that this piece is more abstract than still-life, the audience can see slight realism in the piece as Davis was able to translate the actual place into a piece of art through including items from the real world such as the absinthe and beer, making it more imaginable and real.
Stuart Davis (1892–1964), New York Mural, 1932.
Through the piece the New York Mural, Stuart Davis was able to communicate place in a more abstract viewpoint. This time Davis used symbols to make it more understandable for his audience. Because the intention behind this piece was to represent post-World War 1, Davis made it a point to include symbols of politics and his personal opinions, such as the brown hat, repeated twice and the tiger’s head to make it make it clearer for the audience to comprehend the place around them and the situation at that point in time. Also, once again, in an abstract way, Davis included tall buildings, including the Empire State building in order to signify New York City.
