ARTHUR B. DAVIES Signed 1920 Original Oil Painting LISTED

DAVIES Signed 1920 Original Oil - LISTED. This is a superb original signed museum quality oil on wood panel painting by internationally acclaimed artist ARTHUR BOWEN DAVIES (American, 1862 - 1928), circa 1920. Arthur Davies gained a reputation for ethereal figure paintings, ones that expressed lightness and mysticism. He was also a principal organizer of the 1913 Armory Show that revolutionized American art by introducing modernism to the viewing public. He attended the Chicago Academy of Design and from 1879 to 1882, traveled in the West, to. Where he worked as a drafting civil engineer.

He briefly attended the Chicago Art Institute and in 1885 moved to. Where he studied at the Art Students League and Gotham Art Students League. He supported himself as a billboard painter, engineering draftsman, and magazine illustrator. In 1893, he made the first of many trips to. He particularly studied the Dutch realist painters, the Maris brothers.

And from there traveled extensively throughout the. He developed a style that combined the visionary with Symbolism with elements of Tonalism, Art Nouveau, and Cubism and became increasingly interested in expressing a feeling of lightness in figural compositions. He also did printmaking, having begun in the 1880s and producing some two hundred graphic works between 1916 and his death in 1928.

This rare original landscape oil is signed in pencil by the artist on the verso Arthur B. It measures 11" x 13" and is framed for a total size of 16" x 18" (there is some wear to the frame). It is in good condition aside from a few spots of flaking or paint loss in the lower green area and a small stain (possibly varnish) in the sky area. Their original stamp and label on the painting verso. DAVIES Signed 1920 Original Oil Painting LISTED" is in sale since Monday, April 20, 2009.

This item is in the category "Art\Paintings". The seller is "skf-fineart" and is located in Los Angeles, California.

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Original/Reproduction: Original
Region of Origin: US
Signed?: Signed
Size Type/Largest Dimension: Medium (Up to 30")
Style: Modernism
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Medium: Oil
Date of Creation: 1900-1949
Features: Framed
Subject: Landscape