Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1920
- Works
- 20
Top works
- Critic's choice
- Alan Davie, village myths and other recent paintings
- Alan Davie
- Alan Davie
- [Paintings]
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1920-09-28
- Active to
- 2014-04-05
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 34
- Total plays
- 87
Tags
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James Alan Davie (28 September 1920 – 5 April 2014) was a Scottish painter and musician. After the Second World War, Davie played tenor saxophone in the Tommy Sampson Orchestra, which was based in Edinburgh and broadcast and toured in Europe.[5] He also earned a living making jewellery during the postwar period. Davie travelled widely and in Venice became influenced by other painters of the period, such as Paul Klee, Jackson Pollock and Joan Miró, as well as by a wide range of cultural symbols.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Grangemouth
- Place of death
- Hertford
- Occupation
- artist
- Educated at
- Edinburgh College of Art
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Documenta 6
- Instrument
- saxophone
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- date of death
- 2014-04-05
- date of birth
- 1920-09-28
- member of
- Royal Academy of Arts
- pseudonym
- Davie, James Alan
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