1939, Lew Davis, Little Boy Lives in a Copper Camp -- Phoenix Art Museum
From the museum label:
Lew Davis was an artist who showed compassion for his subjects, sometimes overt and sometimes muted. He was born in the copper town of Jerome, Arizona, 110 miles north of Phoenix. Davis would later be called the "Dean of Arizona Artists." More than that, I believe he was a man who cared deeply about the deprived, the helpless, and the unnoticed.
When he was 17, Davis went to New York, working at several part-time jobs, which included painting signs, while attending the National Academy of Design. He tried teaching for three years and then returned to Jerome in 1935 where he began his copper mine series.
1939, Lew Davis, Little Boy Lives in a Copper Camp -- Phoenix Art Museum
From the museum label:
Lew Davis was an artist who showed compassion for his subjects, sometimes overt and sometimes muted. He was born in the copper town of Jerome, Arizona, 110 miles north of Phoenix. Davis would later be called the "Dean of Arizona Artists." More than that, I believe he was a man who cared deeply about the deprived, the helpless, and the unnoticed.
When he was 17, Davis went to New York, working at several part-time jobs, which included painting signs, while attending the National Academy of Design. He tried teaching for three years and then returned to Jerome in 1935 where he began his copper mine series.