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Alan Davie, b.1920 Please click here to return to thumbnails.
Alan Davie1920
Born Grangemouth, Scotland
1937
Edinburgh College of Art
1941-6
War Service, Royal Artillery
1946-7
Jazz musician
1947
Married Janet (Bili) Gaul
1948-9
Travelled in Europe
1948
Exhibitions in Florence and Venice, paintings bought by PeggyGuggenheim
1949
Making jewellery and silverware, Jazz musician, birth of daughterJane
1950
First solo show at Gimpel Fils, London, subsequently every two yearsto date
1956
First American show, Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York,subsequently shown frequently throughout the USA. Gregory Fellowship, University of Leeds. Public lectures
1959
Teaching, Central School of Arts and Crafts, London
1960-80
Gliding, 2000 hours in England, Switzerland, USA
1962
Solo show Bienal di SãoPaulo, Brazil - prize for best painter
1963-70
Experiments in lithography
1971-5
Concerts and recordings of free music
1972
Awarded CBE
1974-91
Wintered in St. Lucia
1977
Lecturer, Royal College of Art, London
1979
Visit to Australia and Bali
1991
Senior Fellow, Royal College of Art, London
2002
Visiting Professor, University of Brighton School of Art
2003
Lives and works in Hertfordshire and Cornwall, England
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008
Alan Davie: the Shaman’s Enigma, Gimpel Fils, London and James Hyman Gallery, London, touring to Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin and Galerie Gimpel & Müller, Paris
Alan Davie, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2007
Alan Davie: Paintings 1955-67, Thomas Dane Gallery, London
2006
Alan Davie: Paintings and Drawings 1948-2004, 108 Fine Art, Harrogate
2005
Alan Davie: Paintings from the Fifties and Sixties, Gimpel Filds, London
Alan Davie: A Game of Poetry, Galleria Morone, Milan
2004
Alan Davie: The Alchemical Journey, ACA Galleries, New York
Alan Davie, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster University, Alan Davie
2003-4
Alan Davie: Retrospective, Tate St.Ives, St.Ives
2003
Alan Davie: Recent Paintings, Gimpel Fils, London
Alan Davie Recent Paintings and Gouaches, James Hyman Fine Art, London
Alan Davie and Tony Oxley jazz event, Galerie Nothelfer, Berlin (major works at Corneliustrasse site, and paintings at Uhlandstrasse site) in conjunction with Total Music Meeting, Free Music Production
2002
Alan Davie Small Paintings 1949-2000, Howard Gardens Gallery, University of Wales Institute
Alan Davie: Magical Symbolism, Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate
Alan Davie: Screenprints, Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate
2001-2
Alan Davie Small Paintings 1949-2000, Touring: Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh, MAC Birmingham, Gimpel Fils, London
Alan Davie: Il risveglio della conoscenza intuitiva, Galleria Morone, Milan
Alan Davie Schilderijen Paintings 1950-2000, Cobra Museum for Modern Art, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
2000
Alan Davie, Gimpel Fils, London
Alan Davie - Small Paintings 1949-2000, University of Brighton Gallery
Alan Davie, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
1998
Alan Davie Paintings 1993-1998, The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney
Alan Davie Works on Paper, Faggionato Fine Arts, London
1999
Alan Davie: New Work, Gimpel Fils, London
Alan Davie: Works of the Nineties, UH Galleries, University of Hertfordshire
1997
Alan Davie, Recent Gouaches, Gimpel Fils, London
Alan Davie, ACA Galleries, New York
Alan Davie Drawings, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Alan Davie, University of Brighton Gallery, Sussex
Alan Davie, Art Jonction, France
1996
Alan Davie: The First Years, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Alan Davie, a microcosm, Pallant House, Chichester
1995
Alan Davie, Gimpel Fils, London
1994
Alan Davie: The Quest for the Miraculous, University of Brighton Gallery, subsequently touring to Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Ramsgate Gallery
Alan Davie, The University Gallery, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, The University Gallery, Nottingham, The Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling; Barbican Art Gallery, London
Alan Davie, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Alan Davie, ACA Galleries, Munich, Germany
Alan Davie, Galeria Fernando Santos, Porto
1993
A Retrospective, The Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
Alan Davie, Chicago Eva Cohon Gallery
Alan Davie, New York ACA Galleries
1992
The Alan Davie Retrospective - 1937 to the present, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, touring to Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Alan Davie, Talbot Rice Art Gallery, Edinburgh and British Council, touring to Brussels and South America
1991
Alan Davie in the 70's, Galleri G, Heidelberg, Germany
1990 Alan Davie: Recent Paintings, Wolf At The Door, Penzance, CornwallAlan Davie: Recent Works, Gimpel Fils, LondonAlan Davie, Galerie Bork, Copenhagen
1989
Alan Davie: Works on paper 1960-1985, Gimpel Fils, London
Alan Davie, Galleri G, Helsingborg, Sweden
Alan Davie: Drawings, Kunsthandel Steinek, Vienna
Alan Davie: Works on paper, Galerie Louis Carre, Paris
Alan Davie: Major Works of the Sixties, Gimpel Fils, London
1988
Alan Davie: Magic Fountains, Gimpel Fils, London
Alan Davie: Paintings from 1956-1988, South West Galleries Association, touring eight cities in Scotland
1987
Alan Davie: Major Works of the Fifties, Gimpel Fils, London
Alan Davie, Moray House Gallery, Edinburgh
Alan Davie, Galerie Louis Carre, Paris
1986
Alan Davie, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York
1985
Alan Davie, Galerie Apicella, Bonn
Alan Davie, Galerie Peccolo, Livorno
Alan Davie, Gimpel Fils, London
Alan Davie, Yares Gallery, Scotsdale, Arizona
1984
Alan Davie, Bath Festival Gallery
Alan Davie, Windsor Community Arts Centre
Alan Davie, Galerie Van Loe, Frankfurt
Alan Davie, Bede Gallery, Jarrow
Alan Davie, Loft Gallery
1983
Alan Davie, Galerie d'Eendt, Amsterdam
Alan Davie, Gimpel Fils, London
1982
Alan Davie, Rosenberg Fine Arts Ltd, Toronto
Alan Davie, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
Alan Davie, The Arcade Gallery, Harrogate
Alan Davie, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
Alan Davie, Galerie de Raam, Breda, Netherlands
1981
Alan Davie, Gimpel Fils, London
Alan Davie, Galerie Van Loe, Frankfurt, Germany
1980
Alan Davie, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York
Alan Davie, Gimpel & Hanover, Zurich
Alan Davie, Lister Gallery, Australia
1979
Alan Davie, Galeria Ado, Bonheiden, Belgium
Alan Davie, Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Alan Davie, Carone Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, USA
Alan Davie, Gimpel Fils, London
Alan Davie, Australia, Lister Gallery, Perth, Australia
Alan Davie, Art of Man Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1978
Alan Davie, Galerie Brinkman, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Alan Davie, Galeria am Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Germany
Alan Davie, Gimpel Fils, London
Alan Davie, Galerie Maercklin, Stuttgart, Germany
Alan Davie, Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
1977
Alan Davie, City of Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum, Aberdeen
Alan Davie, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece
Alan Davie, Carone Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, USA
Alan Davie, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York
Alan Davie, La Demeure, Paris
Alan Davie, Galerie Le Dessin, Paris
1976
Alan Davie, Hokin Gallery, Chicago, USA
Alan Davie, Galleria La Medusa, Rome, Italy
Alan Davie, Royal Oak Rubiner Gallery, Michugan, USA
1975
Alan Davie, Gimpel Fils, London
Alan Davie, Comsky Gallery, Los Angeles
Alan Davie, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York
Alan Davie, Galerie de France, Paris
Alan Davie, Youngstown Kilcawley Center, Youngstown University, Ohio, USA
Alan Davie, Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
1972
Alan Davie: Retrospective 1952-1972, Edinburgh International Festival, Royal Scotish Academy, touring to Braunschweig & Karlsruhe, Germany
Alan Davie, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York
1971
Alan Davie, Galerie Lambert Monet, Geneva, Switzerland
Alan Davie, Gimpel Fils, London
Alan Davie, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland CCAC Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Alan Davie, Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
1970-7
Alan Davie: USA Retrospective, Austin Texas, Montreal Canada, Oakland CA
1970
Alan Davie, Gimpel Fils, London
Alan Davie, Galerie Stangl, Munich, Germany
Alan Davie, Gallerie La Medusa, Rome, Italy
1969
Alan Davie, Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland
Alan Davie, Gimpel Fils, London
Alan Davie, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York
1968
Alan Davie, Hudson Gallery, Detroit, USA
Alan Davie, Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany
Alan Davie, Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh
1967
Alan Davie, Arts Club of Chicago, USA
Alan Davie, Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Germany
Alan Davie, Gimpel Fils, London
Alan Davie, Galerie de France, Paris
Alan Davie, Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zurich, Switerzland
1966
Alan Davie, Commonwealth Institute Gallery, Edinburgh
Alan Davie, Queen's Gallery, Leeds
Alan Davie, Usher Gallery, Lincoln
Alan Davie, Gimpel Fils, London
Alan Davie, Norwich Castle Museum, Norwich
Alan Davie, Haaken Gallery, Oslo, Norway
Alan Davie, Rotterdamsche Kunstring, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1965
Alan Davie, Galerie d'Aujourd'hui, Brussels, Belgium
Alan Davie, Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne, Germany
Alan Davie, Court Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Alan Davie, Gimpel Fils, London
Alan Davie, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York
Alan Davie, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
Alan Davie, Galerie Bleue, Stockholm, Sweden
1963
Retrospective: Alan Davie, Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany
Alan Davie: Retrospective, Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland
Alan Davie, Gimpel Fils, London
Alan Davie: Retrospective, Kunstnernes Hus , Oslo, Norway
Alan Davie: Retrospective, Pforzheim Kunstgewerbeverein, Germany
Alan Davie, Galleria La Medusa, Rome, Italy
Alan Davie, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
Alan Davie, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alan Davie, Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
1962
Alan Davie: Retrospective, Stedelijk Museum , Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Alan Davie: Retrospective, RBA Galleries, London
1961
Alan Davie, Gimpel Fils, London
Alan Davie, Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles
Alan Davie, Galleria del Naviglio, Milan, Italy
Alan Davie, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York
Alan Davie, Galerie Rive Droite, Paris
Alan Davie, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, USA
1960
Alan Davie, Gimpel Fils, London,
Alan Davie, Galerie Charles Leinhard, Zurich, Switzerland
1958
Alan Davie: Retrospective, Liverpool Walker Art Gallery & Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, Nottingham University & Wakefield Art Gallery
1956-7
Alan Davie, Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York
1950-6
Alan Davie, Gimpel Fils, London
1946
Alan Davie, Grant's Bookshop, Edinburgh
1948
Alan Davie, Galleria Michelangelo, Florence, Italy
Alan Davie, Galleria Sandri, Venice, Italy
Selected Collections
Australia:
Art Gallery of South Australia, AdelaideArt Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Austria:
Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna
Brazil:
Museum of Modern Art, Rio de JaneiroMuseu de Arte Contemporanea, São Paulo
Canada:
Musée d'Art Contemporain, MontrealNational Gallery of Canada, Ottowa
France:
Fondation Maeght, St.-Paul-de-Vence
Germany:
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-BadenStädtische Kunstgalerie, Bochum
Ireland:
Arts Council of Ireland, DublinTrinity College, Dublin
Israel:
Museum of Tel Aviv
Italy:
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
Netherlands:
Stedelijk Museum AmsterdamStedelijk Van Abbemuseum, EindhovenGemeentemuseum, The HagueMuseum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
New Zealand:
City of Aukland Art Gallery
Norway:
Kunstnernes Hus, OsloNational Gallery, Oslo
South Korea:
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
Switzerland:
Kunsthaus, ZurichKunstmuseum, BaselKunsthalle, Berne
United Kingdom:
British Council, LondonTate Gallery, London
Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonUlster Museum, BelfastArts Council of Northern Ireland, BelfastBristol City Art GalleryUniversity of BrightonUniversity of CambridgeUniversity of EdinburghUniversity of ManchesterScottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
United States
Museum of Modern Art, New YorkBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAlbright-Knox Art Gallery, BuffaloDallas Museum of Fine ArtsDetroit Institute of ArtsYale University Art Gallery, New HavenPrincetown UniversityCarnegie Institute, PittsburghSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtWashington University Museum
Selected Publications
Bowness, A., Alan Davie, Lund Humphries, 1967.
Davie, A., Alan Davie, Gimpel Fils, 1971.
Davie, A., Alan Davie Drawings, Booth-Clibborn Editions, 1997.
Davie, A., Alan Davie - Drawings, Basel 1969, Gimpel Fils, 1969.
Davie, A., Alan Davie: Gouaches, Gimpel Fils, 1973.
Davie, A., Alan Davie Magic Fountains, Gimpel Fils, 1988.
Davie, A., Alan Davie Major Works of the Fifties, Gimpel Fils, 1987.
Davie, A., Alan Davie: Major works of the sixties, Gimpel Fils, 1989.
Davie, A., Alan Davie: Paintings 1952-72, Royal Scottish Academy, 1972,
Davie, A., Alan Davie: Paintings 1973: A series of small oils, Gimpel Fils, 1974.
Davie, A., Alan Davie Paintings and Hus Music, Gimpel Fils, 1970.
Davie, A., Alan Davie Peintures des Annes 80, Gimpel Fils, 1987.
Davie, A., Alan Davie Towards a Philosophy of Creativity, a Lecture Delivered By Alan Davie on the Occasion of the Retrospective Exhibition, Alan Davie Drawings, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art & University of Brighton Gallery, 1997.
Davie, A., Alan Davie: Village myths and other recent paintings, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, 1984.
Davie, A., Alan Davie;: A travelling exhibition of recent oils and watercolors exhibited London, Zurich, Geneva and New York, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, 1971.
Davie, A., Solo, Glasgow Museums, 1992.
Elliott, P., Alan Davie: Work published in the Scottisj National Gallery of Modern Art, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 2000.
Gimpel, Fils, Alan Davie: Magic Fountains, Gimpel Fils, 1988.
Gimpel, Fils, Alan Davie - Recent Work, Gimpel Fils, 1991.
Gimpel, Fils, Alan Davie: Water Colours and Brush Drawings, Gimpel Fils, 1963,
Hall, D., (ed. & intro), Alan Davie, Lund Humphries, 1992.
Horovitz, M., Alan Davie (Art in progress series), Methuen, 1963.
Hyman, J., Alan Davie: Recent Paintins and Gouaches, James Hyman Gallery, 2003.
Macmillan, D., Alan Davie: Works on Paper, Talbot Rice Gallery, 1992.
Patrizio, A., & McElroy, S.D, Alan Davie: Jingling Space, Tate Publishing, 2003.
Robertson, A., Alan Davie, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1958.
Rose, A., Alan Davie: Works on Paper, The British Council (Visual Arts Publications), 1996.
Saul, M. & Glasman, J. (ed.), Alan Davie: Works of the Nineties, University of Hertfordshire, Faculty of Art & Design, 2005.
Tucker, Michael, Alan Davie: The Quest for the Miraculous, Lund Humphries, 1993.
Wood, C. P., Magic Symbolism: The Paintings of Alan Davie, Harrogate Museums & Arts, 2002.
Bibliography
Hall, D 'Introducing Alan Davie' in Alan Davie Lund Humphries Publishers, London 1992
Horovitz, M Alan Davie Methuen, London 1963
Januszczak, W Catalogue text for Village Myths and Other Works Gimpel Fils, London 1983
Lambirth, A 'Alan Davie: In Conversation with the Artist' in The Artist's and
Illustrator's Magazine issue 76 January 1993
Lane, J 'Alan Davie: Art of Coherence' in Resurgence issue 169 March/April
1995
Lewinski, J Portrait of the Artist: Twenty Five Years of British Art Carcanet Press Ltd., Manchester 1987
Lewis, D (ed) The Incomplete Circle: Eric Atkinson, art and education (contains material on Davie's Gregory Fellowship at the University of Leeds) Scolar Press, Aldershot 2000
MacMillan, D 'Magic Pictures' in Alan Davie: Works on Paper Talbot Rice Gallery, The University of Edinburgh/The British Council, London 1992
Melville, R Alan Davie Motif 7, 1961 (re-published by Gimpel Fils)
Mundy, J (ed) Brancusi To Beuys: Works From The Ted Power Collection Tate Publishing, London 1996
Patrick, K 'An Interview with Alan Davie' in The Green Book vol 111 no 3, Bristol 1989
Patrick, K 'Alan Davie: A Tribute on the Artist's 70th Birthday' in ArtLine
International vol 5 no 3 October/November 1990
Patrizio, A `A Handful of Sounds: The Art of Alan Davie' in Solo: The Alan
& Coxson, J Davie Retrospective Glasgow Museums, Glasgow 1992
Patrizio, A 'An Interview with Alan Davie' in Alan Davie: Works on Paper
& Hare, B Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh/The British Council,
London 1992
Read, H Contemporary British Art Penguin 1964 (rev. ed. of 1951 volume)
Robertson, B `Preface' in Alan Davie: Paintings and Drawings 1936-1958
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London 1958
Roche-Villiers, J 'Alan Davie: Painter of the Unknowable' in Alan Davie: Peintures
Galerie Louis Carre & Cie, Paris 1987
Roy, I 'Alan Davie: Scotland's Grand Master' in Modern Painters vol IV
no 4 Winter 1991
Roy, I 'Portrait of the Artist: Alan Davie at Gamels Studio' (photoessay & text) in Tucker, M (ed) Alan Davie: The Quest For The Miraculous University of Brighton Gallery/Lund Humphries Publishers/Barbican Art Gallery, London 1993
Sandberg, W `Preface' in Alan Davie FBA Galleries, London/Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1962
Sturt-Penrose, B 'Profile of Alan Davie' The Arts Review vol XV 11 no 10 May 29 - June 12 1965
Sylvester, D Alan Davie and the Cult of painting Big, Sunday Times
Tucker, M Dreaming With Open Eyes: The Shamanic Spirit in Twentieth Century Art and Culture Aquarian/HarperCollins, London & San Francisco 1992
Tucker, M 'Music Man's Dream' in Alan Davie Lund Humphries Publishers, London 1992
Tucker, M 'Visions of an Enchanted Life' in Tucker, M (ed) Alan Davie: The Quest For The Miraculous University of Brighton Gallery/Lund Humphries Publishers/Barbican Art Gallery, London 1993 (with contributions by Brian Bates, John Bellany, Jan G,arbarek, Lynne Green, Barry Guy, Albert Irwin, Ian McKeever, lain Roy, Philip Ward, Kenneth White, Frans Widerberg)
Tucker, M 'Into the Mystic: The Art of Alan Davie' in Alan Davie: A Retrospective The Butler Gallery, Kilkenny Castle 1993 (published in slightly different form for the exhibition Alan Davie: A Microcosm Pallant House Gallery, Chichester 1996)
Tucker, M 'Dreaming the Beautyway' in Elliott, P & Tucker, M (eds) Alan Davie Drawings National Galleries of Scotland/University of Brighton/The Paragon Press, London 1997
Tucker, M 'In The Room Of The Shaman' in Alan Davie: Works of the Nineties University of Hertfordshire Gallery, Hatfield 1999
University of Alan Davie: Retrospective USA 1970 University of Austin,
Austin Texas 1970
Yares, R `Preface' in Alan Davie: The Magic Sounds of Colour Yares Gallery, Arizona 1985
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