Stuart Davis (December 7, 1894 - June 24, 1964), American painter, was born in Philadelphia. Davis studied painting under Robert Henri, the leader of the early modern art group the Eight; he was one of the youngest painters to exhibit in controversial Armory Show of 1913. Exposed as he was at this exhibition to the work of such artists as van Gogh and Picasso, he became a committed "modern" artist and a major exponent of cubism in America.
He is probably most famous for his abstract still lifes and landscapes; his use of contemporary subject matter such as cigarette packages, spark plug advertisements and the contemporary American landscape make him a proto-Pop artist.
