The Arthur B. Davies UniverseArcadian nudes, dreamscapes and decisive commitment to the Armory Show make Arthur B. Davies a singular conduit between symbolism and American modernism.
1862 - 1928Life of Arthur B. Davies
1908Historical exhibition with The Eight
1913Decisive organization of the Armory Show
More than 1,000 worksPaintings, drawings, engravings and illustrations, overall estimate
Hand paintedReal oil painting, no print.
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American Symbolism, Modernism and Armory Show · 1862 -1928
Arcadian nudes, dreamscapes and decisive commitment to the Armory Show make Arthur B. Davies a singular conduit between symbolism and American modernism.
Arthur Bowen Davies was born in Utica, New York, in 1862 and died in Florence in 1928. As a child, he drew assiduously and discovered a traveling landscape exhibition at the Hudson River School in 1877. After moving to Chicago with his family, he attended the Chicago Academy of Design from 1879 to 1882, then moved to New York in 1886 and studied at the Art Students League while working as an illustrator. His first major sale in 1893 launched an independent career. Davies painted silent landscapes populated by naked women, mythical animals and figures in procession. His first major sale in 1893 launched an independent career. Davies painted silent landscapes populated by naked women, mythical animals and figures in procession. His first major sale in 1893 launched an independent career. Davies painted silent landscapes populated by naked women, mythical animals and figures in procession. His first major sale in 1893 launched an independent career. Davies painted silent landscapes populated by naked women, mythical animals and figures in procession. These images owe more to Corot, Puvis de Chavannes, with symbolism and dreamed Antiquity that to dominant urban realism. Yet he played a major role in opening American art to the avant-gardes. In 1908, he exhibited with The Eight alongside Robert Henri, John Sloan and Maurice Prendergast, although his classical poetry differed from their social realism. President of the Association of American Painters and Sculptors, Davies became one of the main organizers of the 1913 Armory Show. He selected and defended works by Matisse, Picasso, Brancusi and Duchamp, moving the New York public. An informed collector, he then supported many modern artists. His own painting briefly experimented with Cubist fragmentation, but often returned to the rhythms of the body and the ideal landscape. He thus embodies a modernity less visible by his style than by his cultural action. The "Arthur B. Davies" selection offers its own journey on this subject. His reading favors space.
Davies keeps two worlds in tension: his brush seeks a timeless Arcadia, while his smuggling gaze opens America to the most radical avant-gardes.
Course & style
Journey, subjects and pictorial language
Chicago and New York are an artist
Academies, illustration and first sales give drawing, profession and autonomy. This milestone sheds light on the "Arthur B. Davies" collection by prioritizing space.
Symbolist Arcadia meets The Eight
Ideal figures, poetic landscapes and exhibition from 1908 affirm an original position.
The Armory Show opens up modernity
European selection, collection and cubist essays transform the American cultural landscape.
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Figure in procession
Female bodies, walking and dancing compose continuous rhythms rather than narrative action. This trait guides a space-centered reading of "Arthur B. Davies".
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Arcadian landscape
Hill, tree, water and horizon create a mental space far from the contemporary city.
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Veiled pallet
Blue, green, pink and temperate gray give the scenes an atmosphere of memory or dreams.
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Rhythm line
The contour of the body and the curve of the terrain respond to each other in an almost musical composition.
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Six readings specific to Arthur B. Davies
Works, visual language and historical landmarks make up a journey exclusively devoted to Arthur B. Davies.
Arcadia01
The landscape becomes an interior world
Nature, nudity and silence construct a poetic ideal outside of industrial time.
For a meditative atmosphere. Reading "Arthur B. Davies" through space.The Eight02
A group brings together different modernities
Davies exhibits with urban realists without abandoning his personal symbolism.
To understand the contextArmory Show03
The smuggler transforms the American outlook
Selection, organization and defense of the avant-gardes introduce a lasting cultural break.
For historical readingCubism04
Figure opens to fragmentation
Plans, repetitions and angles reflect a temporary experimentation with European forms.
To discover another sideApproach05
Choose landscape, figure or modern drawing
Each field reveals differently the tension between classic ideal and innovation.
To clarify the subjectFormat06
Preserve the rhythm of bodies and the horizon
Ample reproduction preserves the fluidity of processions and the softness of values.
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