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Flight on the Flieblies no. 1 is a beautiful tempera on paper, realized by Alan Davie (1920-2014) in 1972.
Signature and date in pencil on the lower right margin. Title in pencil on the lower right.
In excellent conditions, including a metal frame, 78 x 2.5 x 98 cm.
This wonderful original painting was realized by the artist in his most playful, colorful, and carnival-like style.
James Alan Davie (Grangemoth, 1920 - Hertfordshire, England, 2014) was a Scottish painter and musician.
After World War II, Davie played tenor saxophone in the Tommy Sampson Orchestra based in Edinburgh. He travelled to Venice and was influenced by other painters of the time, such as Paul Klee, Jackson Pollock, and Joan Miró. Particularly, his painting style owes much to his affinity with Zen. After reading Eugen Herrigel's book Zen in the Art of Archery (1953), he chose spontaneity over organization. Given that according to him a spiritual path is impossible to plan ahead, he tried to paint as automatically as possible. He was also fascinated by the work of the psychoanalyst Carl Jung.
Like Pollock’s artworks, many of Davie's works were made while standing above the painting that was laying on the ground. Celebrating the primitive, he saw the role of the artist linked to that of the shaman, stressing the fact that disparate cultures have adopted common symbols in their visual languages. In his lectures, Davie emphasized the importance of improvisation as his chosen method. In addition to painting, whether on canvas or paper (though he preferred on paper), Davie has produced several screen prints. He found a public for his work also in America. His paintings appear both apocalyptic and triumphant all at once.
- Creator:Alan Davie (1920, British)
- Creation Year:1972
- Dimensions:Height: 21.66 in (55 cm)Width: 29.53 in (75 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
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- Gallery Location:Roma, IT
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Alan Davie
Painter, born in Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. His father was also an artist and Davie junior was encouraged to enrol at Edinburgh College of Art, 1937-40, where he was taught by John Maxwell. Following army service with the Royal Artillery in World War II, Davie worked variously as a jazz musician, textile designer, potter and as a jewellery designer. In 1946, he held his first solo exhibition at Grant's Bookshop, Edinburgh and soon after travelled around Europe meeting Peggy Guggenheim which was to broaden his artistic outlook. His work over the years was much influenced by Abstract Expressionism, Oriental mysticism and Indian mythology. His first London show took place at Gimpel Fils, London in 1950 and his first New York exhibition at the Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York in 1956. During the 1960's and later many of Davie's drawings appeared in print form executed by the Curwen Press and also were seen in the eclectic magazine Motif. Davie was awarded the Gregory Fellowship at Leeds University 1957-59 and in 1962 he held a retrospective exhibition in Amsterdam at the Stedelijk Museum. Other retrospective exhibition venues include the McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, 1992, RWA Bristol, 1992, Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1993 and 'Jingling Space' held at Tate St. Ives. This highlighted Davie’s works from the 1930’s to the millennium. Examples of his work are in the collections of the City Arts Centre, Fleming Collection, Harrogate Art Gallery, Jerwood Foundation, Lillie Art Gallery, MoMa, New York, Museums Sheffield, NCAS, Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery, Tate Gallery, Towner Art Gallery, Ulster Museum, University of Warwick Art Collection, V&A, Worcester Art Gallery and major museums around the world including MoMA, New York. Alan Davies was appointed CBE in 1972, a senior member of the RA in 2012 and a major exhibition of his work opened at the Tate Britain a few days after his death.
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