Image of the Fish God (series) [Opus D.379]
About this artwork
Image of the Fish God' is one of a group of brush drawings in oil paint which led to a series of seven paintings of the same title. Like all Davie’s drawings of this period, the 'Image of the Fish God' drawings were made as a series. Davie would place a dozen or so sheets of paper on the floor, make a similar mark or motif on each, and then add further marks and motifs serially and automatically, continually varying and changing the placement and forms. This would result in a group of drawings featuring a common vocabulary of forms.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Alan Davie (1920 - 2014) Scottish
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title:Image of the Fish God (series) [Opus D.379]
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date created:1954
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materials:Oil on paper
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measurements:38.20 x 37.00 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Presented by the artist 1997
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accession number:GMA 4264
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gallery:
Alan Davie
Alan Davie
Davie was born in Grangemouth, near Edinburgh and studied at Edinburgh College of Art. In 1948 he saw the work of the American Abstract Expressionists and was impressed by their intensity and freedom. He abandoned traditional methods of composition and subject matter and sought to free his art from...