Arthur Davies: 195 Colour Plates
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Davies is an anomaly in American art history, an artist whose own lyrical work could be described as restrained and conservative but whose tastes were as advanced and open to experimentation as those of anyone of his time. His personal art collection at the time of his death included works by Alfred Maurer, Marsden Hartley, and Joseph Stella as well as major European modernists like Cezanne and Brancusi. He was completely eclectic," with influences that ranged from Hellenistic Greek art to Sandro Botticelli, the German painter Arnold Bocklin, and the English Pre-Raphaelites. A painter of dream-like maidens and "frieze-like idylls,"he was most often compared to the French artist Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. His involvement with the Armory Show and prolonged exposure to European Modernism, however, changed his outlook utterly. By 1918, Davies returned to the style that was expected of him, the one that had brought him praise and prosperity. A traditionalist, a visionary, an Arcadian fantasist, an advocate for Modernism: varied and seemingly contradictory designations describe Arthur B. Davies.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1534870512
ISBN13:9781534870512
Release Date:June 2016
Publisher:CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Length:68 Pages
Weight:0.51 lbs.
Dimensions:11.0" x 0.2" x 8.5"
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