Jazz
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Jazz
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Jazz has been an influence in many artist's work, from painting to other forms of music.
Jazz is an American music form that was developed from African-American work songs.
The white man began to imitate them in the 1920's and the music form caught on and
became very popular. Two artists that were influenced by jazz were Jean-Michel
Basquiat and Stuart Davis. The influence is quite evident in many of their works, such
as Horn Players, by Basquiat, and Swing Landscape, by Davis.
Stuart Davis was born in Philadelphia in 1894. He grew up in an artistic environment, his
father was art director of a Philadelphia newspaper, who had employed Luks, Glackens,
and other members of the Eight. He studied with Robert Henri from 1910 to...