Minneapolis Institute of Art

Night's Overture

Arthur B. Davies

Date

1907

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

Arts of the Americas

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

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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