Alan Davie
The Horse that has Visions of Immortality No. 2
About this artwork
This is one of a number of paintings dating from about 1960, which include an arched structure and striped forms. The stripes have their origin in the decorations on pre-dynastic Egyptian pottery which Davie had seen at the British Museum in the early 1950s.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Alan Davie (1920 - 2014) Scottish
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title:The Horse that has Visions of Immortality No. 2
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date created:Dated 1963
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:213.30 x 172.70 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1964
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accession number:GMA 882
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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...
