Rare Stark Davis Antique Parrot Impressionist Oil Painting Old Modern Deco Bird

  
RARE AND EXTRAORDINARY ANTIQUE WILDLIFE IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS BY REVERED MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATOR AND FIGURATIVE WILDLIFE PAINTER STARK DAVIS. THIS WORK DEPICTS A BEAUTIFUL PARROT RESTING ON CALLA LILLY FLOWERS INTERTWINED BY BAMBOO BRANCHES. BRILLIANTLY RENDERED IN HEAVY IMPASTO BRUSH STROKES. THIS WORK WAS EXECUTED IN THE. 1940s DERIVING FROM DAVIS'S COLORFUL "BIRD SERIES" OF ADS FOR LINCOLN AUTOMOBILES WHICH RAN IN POPULAR MAGAZINES SUCH AS COUNTRY LIFE AND HOME AND GARDEN.

MILD SCRATCHES TO THE FRAME. PROVENANCE: PALM SPRINGS CALIFORNIA ESTATE. DIMENSIONS: 38" W x 36" H.

Born: 1885 - Boston, Massachusetts. Died: 1950 - Marin County, California. Known for: Wildlife-birds and figure painting, magazine illustration. Name variants: Winthrop Stark Davis.

Winthrop Stark Davis was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1885. He subsequently lived and worked in Chicago, where he was affiliated with several arts institutions including the Palette and Chisel Club. Davis exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1924 and at the Chicago Galleries Association in 1930, winning prizes in both shows. During the 1920s and 1930s Stark Davis's illustrations appeared on covers of the Ladies' Home Journal, and in numerous advertisements, and from 1927 to 1929, Davis's artistic and colorful "Bird Series" of ads for Lincoln automobiles ran in popular magazines such as Country Life and Home and Garden. A typical ad would feature a Lincoln sedan or coupe in the foreground, with a peacock, a wide-eyed red bird of paradise, or a condor dramatically filling the background or framing the scene.

During his time in Chicago, Davis would make trips to Santa Barbara, California, and subsequently relocated to Los Angeles, where he worked at the Disney Animation Studios and exhibited at the Ainslie Gallery in 1936. By 1947, Davis had retired from painting and was living in Morro Bay, a seaside town on California's Central Coast. Stark Davis passed away in Marin County, California, in 1950. Exh: Thurber Gallery (Chicago), 1923; AIC, 1924 (prize); Palette & Chisel Club (Chicago), 1926-30; Ainslie Gallery (LA), 1936. Book References for Stark Davis.

Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor) The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No. 2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No. 1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago. 1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No. 1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary 1184 No.

1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No. 1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130. This item is in the category "Art\Paintings". The seller is "vintagerotty" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada.

1. Artist: Stark Davis
2. Unit of Sale: Single Piece
3. Signed By: Stark Davis
4. Size: Large
5. Signed: Yes
6. Material: Canvas
7. Region of Origin: California, USA
8. Framing: Framed
9. Subject: Birds
10. Type: Painting
11. Year of Production: 1940s
12. Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
13. Style: Art Deco, Impressionism, Modernism
14. Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
15. Production Technique: Oil Painting
16. Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
17. Handmade: Yes
18. Culture: Impressionist
19. Time Period Produced: 1925-1949