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BIOGRAPHY. Arthur B. Davies’s mystical, mysterious paintings hearken back to 19th-century romanticism, even while Davies aligned himself with American artists advancing the most radical ideals of their day.
Artwork Details. Overview. Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings. Provenance. Title: Unicorns (Legend—Sea Calm) Artist: Arthur B. Davies (American, Utica, New York 1862–1928 Florence) Date: ca. 1906. Culture: American. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 18 1/4 x 40 1/4 in. (46.4 x 102.2 cm) Credit Line: Bequest of Lillie P. Bliss, 1931.
Arthur B. Davies’s mystical, mysterious paintings hearken back to 19th-century romanticism, even while Davies aligned himself with American artists advancing the most radical ideals of their day. Davies was born on September 26, 1862, in Utica, New York, the son of English and Welsh parents who had immigrated to the United States in 1856.
Arthur B. Davies was an American painter, printmaker, and tapestry designer known for his idylls of classical fantasy painted in a Romantic style but best remembered for his leadership in introducing modern European painting styles into early 20th-century America.
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Arthur Bowen Davies (September 26, 1862 – October 24, 1928) was an avant-garde American artist and influential advocate of modern art in the United States c. 1910–1928.
Arthur B. Davies was an American painter and one of the principal organizers of the 1913 Armory Show in New York. As an avid proponent of contemporary art, he amassed a large collection of American and European modernism.
A. B. Davies. David Owen. Born. Utica, New York, United States. Died. Florence, Italy. Active in. New York, New York, United States. Nationalities. American. Biography. Painter, printmaker, sculptor, tapestry designer, and illustrator who was known as a contradictory, enigmatic, and mystical artist.
