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Arthur Bowen Davies

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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Full-Orbed Moon

Full-Orbed Moon (1901)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)
Three Acrobats

Three Acrobats (1919-1920)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)
Twelve Men

Twelve Men (1921)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)
Study of a Standing Man

Study of a Standing Man

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)
Boats at Night

Boats at Night

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)
Dominion

Dominion (1920)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)
Pyramid

Pyramid (1921)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)
Nymphs of the Stream

Nymphs of the Stream (between 1919 and 1920)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)
Landscape; Black Trees I

Landscape; Black Trees I

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)
Boats at Evening

Boats at Evening

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)
Free of Clouds

Free of Clouds (between 1919 and 1920)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)
Landscape 2

Landscape 2

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)
Italian Hill Town

Italian Hill Town (circa 1925)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)
Nude

Nude (1994)

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)
Elysian Fields

Elysian Fields

Arthur Bowen Davies (American, 1862 - 1928)
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