Free of Clouds
1919-1920
Medium
lithograph with lithotint in black on wove paper
Dimensions
image (irregular): 39.37 × 26.99 cm (15 1/2 × 10 5/8 in.) sheet: 55.88 x 37.94 cm (22 x 14 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of David P. Tunick
Accession Number
2009.127.9
Art Historical Context
Arthur B. Davies's *Free of Clouds* (19191920) is a captivating lithograph with lithotint in black on wove paper measuring an irregular image of 3937 × 26.99 cm. Created in the years immediately following World War I, this reflects Davies's signature dreamlike style, blending Symbolist influences with early modernist experimentation. As a key figure in American art—known for organizing the landmark 1913 Armory Show—Davies often evoked ethereal landscapes and mystical atmospheres, inviting viewers into serene, otherworldly realms. The lithotint technique, a specialized method in lithography, a...
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...