About this artwork
After a nine-month period of travel in Europe from 1948-9, Davie settled near London. He lived mainly off sales of his jewellery and occasional evening work as a jazz musician. Following the automatic drawing methods he had initiated in his monotypes, Davie began painting in an entirely spontaneous, unpremeditated way. This approach may be compared to jazz music.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Alan Davie (1920 - 2014) Scottish
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title:Jingling Space
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date created:Dated 1950
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materials:Oil on masonite
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measurements:122.00 x 152.50 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased (Knapping Fund) 1987
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accession number:GMA 3308
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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...