M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES & FINE ARTS
ARTHUR BOWEN DAVIES
American, 1862-1928 (New York)
''Dancing Nymphs in the Woods''
Oil on Canvasboard,
Signed l.l. A.B. Davies, also inscribed and titled verso
Museums: (101) including The Metropolitan Museum; Art Institute of Chicago; San Francisco Art Institute; Corcoran Gallery of Art;
Musees Nationaux Paris, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Museum of Modern Art; National Gallery of Art
Periodicals: (7), to 2007, including
American Art Review (5), Art in American, California Art Club
Books: (274) including Arthur B. Davies, Williams, Dwight et al;
Arthur B. Davies 1862-1928,A Centennial Exhibition; Pach, Walter/Harris K Prior; Arthur B. Davies, Cortissoz, Royal;
Perlman, Bennard B, The Lives, Loves and Art Of Arthur B Davies
Image size: 8.5” x 11''
"An important but enigmatic modernist whose art was poetic, mysterious, and visionary".
He worked in almost all media, including sculpture, printmaking, watercolor, oil, glass and weavings. His subjects often include
female nudes dancing in landscapes, many entwined or joining hands, as the above. Interestingly, he painted only two women: his
mistress (1903-13) and a model, Wreath McIntyre (1914-28). He served as president of Society of Independent Artists and was
active in arranging the famous Armory Show of 1913. Macbeth Galleries (NYC) was his dealer.
This is an excellent example of his dancing ladies. The palette is considerably more vibrant than many of his related canvases, yet
still features the grey tones so characteristic in many of his works. The scene is joyful and lyrical, yet preserves the mysterious and
modernist idioms. Museums housing Davies' works include The Metropolitan Museum; Art Institute of Chicago; San Francisco
Art Institute; Corcoran Gallery of Art; Musees Nationaux Paris, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Museum of Modern Art;
National Gallery of Art.
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Birth place: Utica, NY
Death place: Florence, Italy
Addresses: NYC/Rockland County, NY; Mexico, 1880; California, 1905
Profession: Painter
Studied: D. Williams, in Utica, at age 15; Art Institute of Chicago, with C. Corwin, 1878; Arts Students League, 1887.
Exhibited: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, 1893-1921, 1927-29; National Academy of Design, 1893-99; Boston Arts Club,
1894-96; Pan-Am. Expo, Buffalo, 1901 (medal); Corcoran Gallery, 1907-28 (prize, 1916), 1957; Newport Art Museum, 1912
(inaugural); Armory Show, 1913; Carnegie Institute, 1913 (prize); Harbor Galley, NYC (exhibition of prints), 1972; Babcock Gallery,
NYC, 1998 (solo); Salons of America Member: National Academy; NY Watercolor Club; Association of Painters & Sculptors;
Mural Painters Work: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Art Institute of Chicago; Minneapolis Institute of Art; San Francisco Art Institute;
Brooklyn Institute Museum; Rhode Island School of Design; Butler Art Institute; Corcoran Gallery of Art; Baltimore Museum of Art
(and many others)
Comments: An important but enigmatic modernist whose art was poetic, mysterious, and visionary. His media ranged from
from enamel and glass to Gobelin tapestry and
>rugs of fine weave. His subjects often include female nudes dancing in landscapes. He painted only two women: his mistress (1903-13) and
a model, Wreath McIntyre (1914-28). Although he avoided all social activities, he served as president of Society of Independent Artists and
was active in arranging the famous Armory Show of 1913. Macbeth Galleries (NYC) was his dealer. He managed to conceal until his deaththat he led a double life, with one family in Manhattan and the other in Rockland County. He died of a heart attack while on a trip to Florence
with his mistress and daughter.
Sources: Brown, The Story of the Armory Show; Baigell, Dictionary; Falk, Exh. Record Series; P & H Samuels, 125;
Bennard Perlman, A Model's Tale, Art & Antiques, p.82
Books (274) including:
Perlman, Bennard B, The Lives, Loves and Art Of Arthur B Davies
Salinger, Margaretta, Masterpieces of American Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sims, Lowery Stokes, The Figure in 20th Century American Art in Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gerdts, William H, Tonalism - An American Experience
Williams, Dwight et al, Arthur B Davies, Essays on His Art
Young, Mahonri, Sharp, The Eight - The Realist Revolt in American Painting
Los Angeles County Museum, American Paintings from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pach, Walter/Harris K Prior, Arthur B Davies 1862-1928, A Centenial Exhibition
Cortissoz, Royal, Arthur B Davies
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