About this artwork
This is one of a group of paintings made from 1956-7 which feature male and female figures and have strongly sexual overtones. ‘Farmer's Wife No. 2’ was, like all the works of the period, done spontaneously and with no premeditated idea of what image might result. In the 1950s Davie often mixed grit into the paint, creating crusty surface textures, as seen here.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Alan Davie (1920 - 2014) Scottish
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title:Farmer's Wife No. 2 (Jazz Musician and Lady)
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date created:1957
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:213.70 x 172.80 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 4112
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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...