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Alan Davie BIOGRAPHY
1920 Grangemouth, Scotland - 2014 Hertfordshire, England. Known for: Naive iconic abstract painting.
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist: . Alan Davie, Painter With a Global Bent, Dies at 93. By BRUCE WEBER. APRIL 16, 2014. Alan Davie, a Scottish-born painter whose audacious and... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist: . Alan Davie, Painter With a Global Bent, Dies at 93. By BRUCE WEBER. APRIL 16, 2014. Alan Davie, a Scottish-born painter whose audacious and colorful abstractions put a personal stamp on Pollock-like expressionism and seized on mythical and... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist: . Alan Davie, Painter With a Global Bent, Dies at 93. By BRUCE WEBER. APRIL 16, 2014. Alan Davie, a Scottish-born painter whose audacious and colorful abstractions put a personal stamp on Pollock-like expressionism and seized on mythical and mystical imagery from cultures around the globe, died on April 5 at his home in Hertfordshire, north of London. He was 93. His death was confirmed by René Gimpel, whose family-owned gallery in London,... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist: . Alan Davie, Painter With a Global Bent, Dies at 93. By BRUCE WEBER. APRIL 16, 2014. Alan Davie, a Scottish-born painter whose audacious and colorful abstractions put a personal stamp on Pollock-like expressionism and seized on mythical and mystical imagery from cultures around the globe, died on April 5 at his home in Hertfordshire, north of London. He was 93. His death was confirmed by René Gimpel, whose family-owned gallery in London, Gimpel Fils, represented Mr. Davie for more than 60 years. Independent-minded, somewhat eccentric and seemingly unaffected by the shifting trends of the art world in the latter half of the 20th century, Mr. Davie was an early European admirer of... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist: . Alan Davie, Painter With a Global Bent, Dies at 93. By BRUCE WEBER. APRIL 16, 2014. Alan Davie, a Scottish-born painter whose audacious and colorful abstractions put a personal stamp on Pollock-like expressionism and seized on mythical and mystical imagery from cultures around the globe, died on April 5 at his home in Hertfordshire, north of London. He was 93. His death was confirmed by René Gimpel, whose family-owned gallery in London, Gimpel Fils, represented Mr. Davie for more than 60 years. Independent-minded, somewhat eccentric and seemingly unaffected by the shifting trends of the art world in the latter half of the 20th century, Mr. Davie was an early European admirer of postwar American abstract artists like Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning, whom he first encount... Read full biography
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Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist:
Alan Davie, Painter With a Global Bent, Dies at 93
By BRUCE WEBER
APRIL 16, 2014
Alan Davie, a Scottish-born painter whose audacious and colorful abstractions put a personal stamp on Pollock-like expressionism and seized on mythical and mystical imagery from cultures around the globe, died on April 5 at his home in Hertfordshire, north of London. He was 93.
His death was confirmed by René Gimpel, whose family-owned gallery in London, Gimpel Fils, represented Mr. Davie for more than 60 years.
Independent-minded, somewhat eccentric and seemingly unaffected by the shifting trends of the art world in the latter half of the 20th century, Mr. D...But wait, there's more...
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