After Strife
c. 1917-1928
Medium
charcoal and pastel on gray paper mounted to board
Dimensions
overall (two sheets): 28.58 × 65.41 cm (11 1/4 × 25 3/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Arthur B. Davies, wife of the artist)
Accession Number
2015.19.329
About the Artist
Arthur B. Davies · 1862–1928
Arthur Bowen Davies (1862–1928) occupies one of the most paradoxical positions in American art history: a painter whose own canvases were lyrical, dreamlike, and rooted in the classical tradition, yet whose organizational energy and curatorial vision helped force American audiences into direct confrontation with the European avant-garde. Born on 26 September 1862 in Utica, New York, to English and...