Arthur Bowen Davies Art
American, 1862-1928
Arthur Bowen Davies was an American artist, strongly influenced by European avant-garde. His oeuvre is very eclectic and stretches from the most classical figurations close to the 19th-century tonalism of Whistler to the Pre-Raphaelites with Cubist and Fauvist quotations.
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Boy Oil on Canvas
By Arthur Bowen Davies
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Exquisite oil on canvas painting by artist Arthur Bowen Davies (American 1862-1928). The work depicts a young nude man walking through a lush green, ethereal landscape. Thick earth-t...
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19th Century American Impressionist Arthur Bowen Davies Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Arthur Bowen Davies Set of Three Nude Pastel Study C. 1900
By Arthur Bowen Davies
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Graceful trio of three framed drawings by Arthur Bowen Davies (American 1862-1928). Nude study of standing females in pastel, chalk, and charcoal. Two larger drawings are estate stam...
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20th Century American Art Nouveau Arthur Bowen Davies Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
Dancer
By Arthur Bowen Davies
Located in New York, NY
Dancer
Signed in pencil, l.c.
Pastel on paper mounted to Glassine
14 x 10 inches
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Arthur Bowen Davies Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Arcadia Nude
By Arthur Bowen Davies
Located in New York, NY
Arcadia Nude
Inscribed with artist’s name and title in blue ink, verso
Pastel on paperboard
13.75 x 10.25 inches
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Arthur Bowen Davies Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Board
Standing Female Nude
By Arthur Bowen Davies
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Standing Female Nude
Oil on canvas, c. 1910
Signed lower left corner (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
Housed in a 22K Gold Leaf ...
Category
1910s Ashcan School Arthur Bowen Davies Art
Materials
Oil
South Spring Wind - Voice of Persephone
By Arthur Bowen Davies
Located in Fairlawn, OH
South Spring Wind - Voice of Persephone
Sanguine on paper heightened with white gouache over the entire sheet
Signed lower left
An important work on paper by the artist with extensive exhibition history (see labels). The artist used the theme of Persephone in paintings, drawings and prints.
Condition: Excellent
Image/Sheet size: 17 1/2 x 13 5/8 inches
Housed in an 8 ply rag mat
Provenance: Mildred Davies (the artist's widow)
Feragil Gallery, New York (label)
Montrsoe Gallery, New York (label)
FAR Gallery, New York (label)
Biography
Arthur B. Davies’s mystical, mysterious paintings hearken back to 19th-century romanticism, even while Davies aligned himself with American artists advancing the most radical ideals of their day. Davies was born on September 26, 1862, in Utica, New York, the son of English and Welsh parents who had immigrated to the United States in 1856. He first took art lessons as a teenager from a local landscape painter, Dwight Williams...
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1920s Ashcan School Arthur Bowen Davies Art
Materials
Gouache
Circling Doves - Lithograph by A. Bowen Davies
By Arthur Bowen Davies
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 30 x 20 cm.
Circling Doves is an original lithograph by Arthur Bowen Davies, one of the most important American artists, who lived from 1862 to 1928. The print was...
Category
1920s Modern Arthur Bowen Davies Art
Materials
Lithograph
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Arthur B. Davies was pivotal in organizing the groundbreaking 1913 Armory Show, bringing avant gard European artists to America: Paul Cezanne, Henri Matisse, Wassily Kandinsky, Alexander Archipenko, Odilon Redon, Georges Braque, Georges Rouault, Marcel Duchamp, Frances Picabia, Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, Mary Cassatt, Manet, Monet, Toulouse-Lautrec, James McNeill Whistler. The Armory show brought Symbolism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Neo-Impressionism, and Cubism to American artists and collectors visiting its three venues in the 'New World'; New York, Chicago and Boston.
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