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Artist
David B. Milne
(Canadian, 1882 - 1953)
Date1951
Mediumwatercolour on paper
DimensionsOverall: 25.6 x 35.1 cm (10 1/16 x 13 13/16 in.)
Frame/Pedestal: 50.5 x 50.5 x 3 cm (19 7/8 x 19 7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Image: 25.6 x 35.1 cm (10 1/16 x 13 13/16 in.)
Frame/Pedestal: 50.5 x 50.5 x 3 cm (19 7/8 x 19 7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Image: 25.6 x 35.1 cm (10 1/16 x 13 13/16 in.)
Credit LineThe Mendel Art Gallery Collection at Remai Modern. Gift of Dorothea Larsen Adaskin 2004.
Object number2004.17.31
Classificationspainting
On View
Not on viewAsserting that “Anything is good painting material once you get to know it,” David Milne forged his influences into his own way of seeing the world, endowing the simplest subjects with a majestic quality. Much of Milne's art shows the pervasive influence of Fauvism, a style popularized by artists like Henri Matisse. Milne was an accomplished painter in both oils and watercolours, as well as being a printmaker. He astutely observed the world around him in works that are lively and direct. He avoided sketching, feeling that his painted impression of a scene should be convincing enough in itself without building up multiple sketches to get it right.
