Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Embassy Club, 1939
watercolour
25.4 x 35.2 cm (10" x 13.875")


David Milne (1882 - 1953)

David Milne over his life time produced a lot of brilliant and beautiful art. His work is devoted to a beauty which is difficult to describe, except perhaps as transcendant and mystical.

You can see bits of many artists work in Milne: Maurice Pendergast, J.W. Morrice, his contemporary, John Marin, and Fauve artists such as Marquet, Derain, and Matisse. Whatever his influences, Milne managed to produce an art that was uniquely his own.