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Arthur Bowen Davies

American, 1862 - 1928

Arthur Bowen Davies was an avant-garde American artist and influential advocate of modern art in the United States c. 1910–1928.

Davies was born in Utica, New York, the son of David and Phoebe Davies. He was keenly interested in drawing when he was young and, at fifteen, attended a large touring exhibition in his hometown of American landscape art, featuring works by George Inness and members of the Hudson River School. The show had a profound effect on him. He was especially impressed by Inness's tonalist landscapes. After his family relocated to Chicago, Davies studied at the Chicago Academy of Design from 1879 to 1882 and briefly attended the Art Institute of Chicago, before moving to New York City, where he studied at the Art Students League. He worked as a magazine illustrator before devoting himself to painting.

Arthur B. Davies is an anomaly in American art history, an artist whose own lyrical work could be described as restrained and conservative but whose tastes were as advanced and open to experimentation as those of anyone of his time. A painter of dream-like maidens and "frieze-like idylls," he was most often compared to the French artist Pierre Puvis de Chavannes.

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Clasp of Gold

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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Viola Obligato (1895)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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The Voyage

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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The butterfly (1890-1900)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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Springtime of Delight (1906)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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Rose to Rose (ca. 1890–1900)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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Freshness of the Wounded (circa 1917)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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Elysian Fields

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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Corridor of Summer (circa 1910)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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Visions of Glory (1896)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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Antique Mirror (1923–24)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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A Measure of Dreams (circa 1908)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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Harvest Festival (1919-1920)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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Figure in Glass (1916-1917)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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Balance (ca. 1898)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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Andante (1916)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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Andante (1916)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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Moonlight on the Grassy Bank (1919)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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The Hesitation of Orestes (circa 1915)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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Landscape (Camaldoli) (1911)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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Landscape with Pigs (Autumn Landscape)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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The Three Graces (East Indian Worship)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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Midsummer Evening

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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Earths Throat Edge (1920)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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Source

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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Standing Nude

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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The Dawning (circa 1915)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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Standing Female Nude (1882–1893)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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Semele or Fireflies (1907)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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Maya, Mirror of Illusions (1910)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)

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