Alan Davie
Magic Pictures (poster for an exhibition at The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh)
About this artwork
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artist:Alan Davie (1920 - 2014) Scottish
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title:Magic Pictures (poster for an exhibition at The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh)
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date created:Dated 1979
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materials:Colour lithograph on paper (5/65)
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measurements:77.50 x 57.00 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Presented by The Scottish Gallery 1980
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accession number:GMA 2189
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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...
