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| date_of_birth = [[1916]]
| place_of_birth = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]
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| occupation = [[Artist]]
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'''Steve "Pablo" Davis''' born Paul Meier Klienbordt, [[1916]] in [[Philadelphia]],[[Pennsylvania]],[[USA]]. Davis is an American artist, life-long [[communist]] activist and [[Detroit]] community organizer. He is the last living member of the team of artists who worked with [[Diego Rivera]] on the <i>Detroit Industry</i> mural which is in the central courtyard, Rivera Court, of the [[Detroit Institute of Arts]].
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===Early Life===
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Davis was raised by his Jewish immigrant parents in Philadelphia. He worked as a coal miner at age 14 until he became involved in a violent strike. After this strike he left Pennsylvania to ride the rails as a young [[hobo]]. His travels eventually took him to Detroit, [[Michigan]] where, at age 16, he meet the [[Mexican]] [[muralist]] Diego Rivera and Rivera's wife [[Frida Kalho]]<ref>[http://www.modeldmedia.com/features/davis73.aspx Bio piece in Model D-troiter]</ref>. By this time Davis had become a militant communist. He served in the American volunteer [[Abraham Lincoln Brigade]] during the [[Spanish Civil War]]<ref>[http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam/alba_vf.html Kleinbordt, Paul (aka Steve "Pablo" Davis) participation in Abraham Lincoln Brigade, Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives]</ref>. Davis claims that he and the then [[House Unamerican Activities Committee]] lawyer [[Richard Nixon]] squared-off in a shouting match when he was call to testify before the committee.<ref>[http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=7125 Metro Time biography article]</ref>.
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===Artistic Career===
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[[Image:Rivera detroit industry south.jpg|thumb|right|280px|''Detroit Industry, South Wall'', 1932-33. [[Detroit Institute of Arts]] Davis is the last surviving artist who worked on this project.]]
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Davis's work ranges from representational [[post-impressionism]] to highly abstract [[expressionism]]. Much of Davis's Art is influenced by the [[cubism]] of [[Pablo Picasso]], who he has claimed to have studied under and worked with in Europe. His other major influence is Diego Rivera and the other Mexican muralists. Davis assisted Diego Rivera on the <i>Detroit Industry</i> mural panels in Rivera Court in the Detroit Institute of Arts. Davis says that he painted a "[[Dick Tracey]]" like face on one of the figures when Rivera asked for tough looking figure<ref>[http://detnews.com/2004/project/0405/04/c06-138021.htm Detroit News Article on Davis's role in <i>Detroit Industry</i>]</ref>. He also assisted Rivera on a mural painted inside the Ford Motor Company's [[River Rouge Plant |Rouge Plant]], in [[Dearborn]], Michigan. <ref>[http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=7125 Metro Times article, Supra.]</ref> One of Davis's paintings is displayed in the [[Louvre]]. Davis's painting of Michigan Governor [[John Swainson]] is hung in rotunda of the Michigan Capitol Building. His sculpted relief panels, based on Mayan art, adorn the Coamerica Bank Building in Detroit.<ref> [http://www.madonna.edu/PDF/pablodavis.pdf Madonna University Press Release]</ref>
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Davis is also known for his community mural projects in which he works with young people to produce large scale co-operatively produced paintings. At least two of these murals can be found in Southwest Detroit.<ref>[http://www.southwestdetroit.com/Home%20Items/Cool%20Cities/Cool%20Cities%20ethnic&culture.PDF Examples of Davis's community murals]</ref>
Davis has been a long time member of Detroit's [[Scarab Club]] a gallery and social venue for leading Detroit artists. His autograph is founds on the clubs ceiling beam along with the autographs of Diego Rivera, [[Norman Rockwell]] and [[John Sloan]]. Signing the ceiling beams is Scarab Club tradition honoring distinguished guests and members <ref>[http://www.scarabclub.org/history.html History of Scarab Club]</ref>.
===Community Activism===
Davis resides in Southwest Detroit, the heart of the city's [[barrio]] and the home to many enclave neighborhood of great cultural and ethnic diversity. Since the [[1980's]] Davis has been active in a ecumenical project seeking to unite this community around the development of senior housing and services for children, first through the community based group Ecumenical Project SAVE and latter Bridging Communities Inc. This activism has resulted in 80 unit senior affordable housing project known as the "Pablo Davis Senior Center." This project also incorporates intergenerational programs to enhance services for both seniors and children. Davis, who has donate much of his portfolio and collection to this project, resides and maintains a studio in this complex. Although still an avowed communist and revolutionary, Davis asserts he is comfortable working with this mostly religious and [[Christian]] group.
<ref>[http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=4086 Metro Times article on Davis's role in Bridging Communities project]</ref>
<ref>[http://www.uaw.org/solidarity/00/0500/feature02.html. Solidarity article on Bridging Communities project]</ref>.
===Recent Years===
In 2005 two [[Madonna University ]] students received a grant from the Michigan Campus Compact to make a film about Davis's role in <i>Detroit Industry</i> <ref>[http://www.micampuscompact.org/venture28.asp Posting of documentary film grant award]</ref>.In 2006 Davis gained public attention by his participation as the oldest contributor to the <i>Dirty Show</i> a art exhibit hosted by Bert's Warehouse Theater in Detroit's [[Eastern Market]]. The show features a wide variety of erotic art, ranging from pornographic to kinky to romantic. Davis frequently acted a spokesperson for this event <ref>[http://thesouthend.typepad.com/tsenews/2007/02/dirty_show_8_sl.html South End Article on <i>Dirty Show</i>]</ref> <ref>[http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070209/ENT01/702090371/1032/ENT Detroit News article on <i>Dirty Show</i> and Davis's work]</ref>.Davis also frequently provides tours and lectures at the Detroit institute of Arts concerning the <i>Detroit Industry</i> murals <ref>[http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=4086 Metro Times Article, Supra.]</ref>.
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*[http://www.pablodavis.com/ Pablo Davis's web site]
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*[http://www.volunteermatch.org/orgs/org37498.html Bridging Communities listing]
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