Night's Overture
Arthur B. Davies
1907
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 18 x 30 1/4 in. (45.72 x 76.84 cm) (canvas) 27 1/2 x 39 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (69.85 x 100.33 x 8.89 cm) (outer frame)
- Genre
- Painting
Tags
United States
About
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.
