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Playing Card Adventure Number 4
by Dr Alan Davie
Playing Card Adventure Number 4
Playing Card Adventure Number 4
by Dr Alan Davie
Playing Card Adventure Number 4 by Dr Alan Davie

Playing Card Adventure Number 4

Artist (Grangemouth, Scotland, 1920 - 2014)
Date1964
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall (Height x Width): 152 x 182.5 cm,
Frame Size (Height x Width x Depth): 153.7 x 184.6 x 3 cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1979 by the artist.
Copyright© Alan Davie (2007)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG000165
Keywords
About MeAlan Davie first visited St. Ives in the late fifties when he stayed with Patrick Heron. Later he rented a cottage in West Penwith before buying a property near Land's End where he spent the summer months.

Yet Davie's work stands in marked contrast to the subtle sensibilities and considered forms of Nicholson's or Heron's work at this time. In 1948 Davie travelled to Paris with Gear and quickly absorbed what he had seen of Expressionist painting. Soon, he was creating enigmatic works which were based on intuition rather than observed motifs.

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