About this artwork
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artist:Alan Davie (1920 - 2014) Scottish
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title:The Flower that Flew to the Moon
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date created:Dated 1948
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materials:Monotype on paper
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measurements:33.50 x 25.00 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1993
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accession number:GMA 3711
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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...