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STILL WATER AND FISH
1941 · Drypoint, printed in color
Plate 6 13/16 x 8 7/8" (17.3 x 22.5 cm) Sheet 10 3/8 x 11 1/4" (26.3 x 28.6 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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David Brown Milne
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
1962–1963
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Britain at War
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1941
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David Brown Milne was a Canadian painter and printmaker known for spare, luminous landscapes rendered in watercolor and oils. Working primarily in Ontario and Quebec between the 1910s and 1950s, he developed a distinctive approach to representation that privileged light and atmospheric effect over descriptive detail. His compositions, often small in scale, distill natural subjects into essentials of color and form. Milne remained largely independent of institutional affiliation, developing his practice in relative isolation from the Canadian art establishment of his era.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 25d ago
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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