Alan Davie

*28th SEPTEMBER 1920 IN GRANGEMOUTH, NEAR FALKIRK, SCOTLAND
Lives and works in Hertford and Cornwall (UK)

The Scottish painter and musician Alan Davie is one of the most important post-war abstract painters. Between 1937 and 1941 he studied painting and silversmith art in Edinburgh at the College of Art. Taken with Jazz music, for a time he played saxophone with the Jazz band Cam Robbie. After the Second World War he began abstract painting. His work is strongly influenced by Picasso and Klee. Through Peggy Guggenheim he came into contact with abstract expressionism. From 1959 he taught at The Central School of Arts and Crafts. His work can be seen in numerous museums. In 1958 he was represented at the Venice Biennale and in 1959, 1964 and 1977 at the documenta in Kassel.

Seine Kunst ist gezeichnet durch sein ausgeprägtes Improvisationsgespür und zeugt von einer großen Spontaneität.