Paintings
The Lure of the Chase
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In The Lure of the Chase, Arthur B. Davies conveyed the grandeur of the Sierra Nevada Mountains near
Lake Tahoe through the panoramic format and by using thin, indistinct washes of blue and lavender to suggest infinite space. Figures such as the stag, hounds, and enigmatic people at the bottom of the composition are often found in Davies's work and are meant to be poetic and symbolic rather than to evoke a specific narrative.
Arthur B. Davies was a pivotal figure in 20th-century American art. In 1908 he participated in "The Eight," an exhibition of the work of eight artists who rebelled against conservative taste. A few years later, he was the principal organizer of the 1913 "International Exhibition of Modern Art," the first major Modernist exhibition in the United States. Known as the "Armory Show," it changed the course of American art by exposing American artists to the work of European Modernists, including Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp.
Lake Tahoe through the panoramic format and by using thin, indistinct washes of blue and lavender to suggest infinite space. Figures such as the stag, hounds, and enigmatic people at the bottom of the composition are often found in Davies's work and are meant to be poetic and symbolic rather than to evoke a specific narrative.
Arthur B. Davies was a pivotal figure in 20th-century American art. In 1908 he participated in "The Eight," an exhibition of the work of eight artists who rebelled against conservative taste. A few years later, he was the principal organizer of the 1913 "International Exhibition of Modern Art," the first major Modernist exhibition in the United States. Known as the "Armory Show," it changed the course of American art by exposing American artists to the work of European Modernists, including Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp.
