JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON, AMGUEDDFA CYMRU - NATIONAL MUSEUM WALES RECENTLY ANNOUNCED ITS ACQUISITION OF 'CRAZY GONDOLIER (1960), A BRIGHT, JUBILANT PAINTING BY SCOTTISH ARTIST ALAN DAVIE. THE WORK WAS ACQUIRED WITH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE DEREK WILLIAMS TRUST (£30,000) AND THE ART FUND, THE UK's LEADING INDEPENDENT ART CHARITY (£20,000). 'CRAZY GONDOLIER IS ON DISPLAY AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM CARDIFF'S POPULAR 'THE SIGHT OF SOUND' EXHIBITION. THE EXHIBITION FEATURES WORKS OF ART INFLUENCED BY MUSIC AND MUSIC INSPIRED BY ART. MUSIC IS A THEME WHICH IS OFTEN REFLECTED IN DAVIE'S WORK. HE WAS A JAZZ MUSICIAN AND HIS SPONTANEOUS, ENERGETIC ABSTRACT PAINTINGS SUCH AS 'CRAZY GONDOLIER' ARE OFTEN COMPARED TO FREE FORM MUSIC. DAVIE WAS BORN IN SCOTLAND IN 1919 AND TRAINED AT EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART. AWARDED A TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP IN 1941, HE TOOK INSPIRATION FROM THE WORKS OF PICASSO, HENRY MOORE AND MARC CHAGALL DURING HIS TIME IN EUROPE AND WENT ON TO DEVELOP HIS OWN SIGNATURE STYLE. AMGUEDDFA CYMRU - NATIONAL MUSEUM WALES HAS A NUMBER OF WORKS ON PAPER BY DAVIE, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST PAINTING BY THE ARTIST TO ENTER ITS COLLECTIONS, AND IS FROM A PARTICULARLY VIBRANT PERIOD OF THE ARTIST'S CAREER. THE CHRISTMAS SEASON IS THE LAST CHANCE TO ENJOY THE SIGHT OF SOUND EXHIBITION WHICH WILL CLOSE IN THE NEW YEAR. THE MUSEUM WILL THEN DISPLAY MORE CONTEMPORARY ART THROUGH 'ARTES MUNDI 4' WHICH WILL OPEN IN MARCH 2010.
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