Alan Davie
Serpent's Idea of a Horse
About this artwork
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artist:Alan Davie (1920 - 2014) Scottish
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title:Serpent's Idea of a Horse
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date created:2000
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materials:Oil on board
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measurements:29.80 x 37.40 cm; Framed: 44.70 x 51.20 x 3.10 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Presented by the artist 2001
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accession number:GMA 4387
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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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...
