Arthur Wesley Dow

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Arthur Wesley Dow was an American painter, printmaker, and influential art educator whose emphasis on design and composition profoundly shaped early 20th-century modernist artists.

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instanceOf art educator
human
painter
printmaker
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1857-04-06
dateOfDeath 1922-12-13
educatedAt Académie Julian
familyName Dow
fieldOfWork art education
painting
printmaking
genre color woodcut
landscape painting
givenName Arthur
influenced Charles Sheeler
Georgia O’Keeffe
Max Weber
early 20th-century American modernist artists
influencedBy Japanese art
Katsushika Hokusai
ukiyo-e woodblock prints
movement American modernism
Arts and Crafts movement
name Arthur Wesley Dow self-link
nationality American
notableIdea emphasis on design and composition over representation
use of line, notan, and color as basic elements of design
notableWork Composition: A Series of Exercises in Art Structure for the Use of Students and Teachers
Ipswich marshes landscapes
color woodcuts inspired by Japanese prints
occupation art teacher
painter
photographer
printmaker
placeOfBirth Ipswich, Massachusetts
surface form: Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
positionHeld head of art department at Teachers College, Columbia University
instructor at Pratt Institute
residence Ipswich, Massachusetts
surface form: Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States

New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Minnie Pearson Dow
studiedUnder Gustave Boulanger
Jules Lefebvre
surface form: Jules Joseph Lefebvre
taughtAt Art Students League of New York
Pratt Institute (Brooklyn campus)
surface form: Pratt Institute

Teachers College, Columbia University

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Georgia O’Keeffe influencedBy Arthur Wesley Dow
Académie Julian student Arthur Wesley Dow
American Impressionism hasNotableArtist Arthur Wesley Dow
Tonalism hasNotableArtist Arthur Wesley Dow
Arthur Wesley Dow name Arthur Wesley Dow self-link