Night's Overture

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Night's Overture

Arthur B. DaviesLinkedCulture matchlcp-2738b0c6aed3

Date
1907
Medium
Oil on canvas
Department
Arts of the Americas
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
48

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In 1905, Arthur Davies took a trip west to Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California, where the experience of a new landscape affected his approach to painting. In 'Night's Overture', painted shortly after this revelatory journey, Davies is less concerned with a factual representation of nature, instead choosing to evoke a particular mood. The silhouette of the trees against the light sky and the repetition of curving motifs form patterns, resulting in a dreamlike setting, and emphasizes the meditative - even spiritual - quality of the landscape. United States, Americas

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Gift of the Martin B. Koon Memorial Collection

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