Woman Bewitched by the Moon No. 2 [Opus 0.175]
About this artwork
1956 was a pivotal year for both Davie’s career and the development of his work. He began to gain widespread critical acclaim and travelled to New York for his first solo exhibition in America. While there he met Jackson Pollock and other influential Abstract Expressionists. Following a practice developed in his brush drawings of the early 1950s, Davie began making paintings in series, notably Image of the Fish God and Woman Bewitched by the Moon. This work, No.2 from a series of five, shows the influence of Abstract Expressionism in the bold, physical brush strokes suggesting an anthropomorphic central figure. However, Davie recalls that "the figurative reference was not done consciously, it just came out that way".
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artist:Alan Davie (1920 - 2014) Scottish
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title:Woman Bewitched by the Moon No. 2 [Opus 0.175]
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date created:Dated 1956
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materials:Oil on masonite
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measurements:152.80 x 122.00 cm
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credit line:Purchased (Knapping Fund) 1987
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accession number:GMA 3309
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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...