An innovative artist and influential art theorist and teacher, arthur wesley dow was a proponent of pure design principles rather than literal naturalism as the basis for art. Arthur wesley dow, cosmic cities, grand canyon of arizona, 1912. Born and raised in massachusetts in 1857, dow took his first art. Arthur wesley dow terra foundation for american art. Although he designed relatively few posters, his works are important in terms of their stylistic innovations. In this work, his use of color and visible brushstrokes emphasizes the immensity of the vast, exotic. Arthur wesley dow 1857 1922 was a painter, printmaker, and writer. Upon returning to the united states, he became an important commercial designer. Dow went to paris for his early art education, studying at the academie julian under the supervision of the academic artists.
A significant figure in the arts and crafts movement around the turn of the 20th century, arthur wesley dow 18571922 was a painter, printmaker, photographer and. Arthur wesley dow 1857 december, 1922 was an american painter, printmaker, photographer and influential arts educator. Arthur wesley dow was an artist, teacher and theoretician whose interest in the design principles of eastern art helped pave the way for the development of modernism in the united states. Arthur wesley dow american, ipswich, massachusetts 18571922 new york state printer. Dec 24, 1999 his art and his influence spanierman gallery. Influenced by ernest fenollosa, dow introduced principles of japanese art to.
Arthur wesley dow, 18571922 his art and his influence by frederick c. The influence of arthur wesley dow on art education. Nov 15, 2002 a significant figure in the arts and crafts movement around the turn of the 20th century, arthur wesley dow 1857 1922 was a painter, printmaker, photographer and teacher whose art melded western. Sep 01, 2001 the pioneer of the elements and principles was arthur wesley dow 1857 1922, an influential artist, writer, and art educator at the turn of the 20th century. This was one of the designs included in the 1895 corridor exhibition, special exhibition of color prints, designed, engraved and printed by arthur w. Dow went to paris for his early art education, studying at the academie julian under the supervision of the academic artists, gustave boulanger and jules joseph lefebvre, between 1880 and 1888.
A beautiful book in great condition, suitable for giftgiving. Arthur wesley dow, 18571922 his art and his influence. The tao of arthur wesley dow minneapolis institute of art. In 1884, dow traveled to paris to study at the academie julian and to paint on the coast of brittany. An exhibition of arthur wesley dows presented by the spanierman gallery, llc, explores dow as an artist, revealing him as a distinguished painter, printmaker, and photographer. Both his work and his teachings played the important role of bridging eastern and western art, a concept that anticipated the modernism we would see later in the 20 th century. In addition to his accomplishments as an artist, dow was an important educator. Apr, 2020 this copy was exhibited in arthur wesley dow 1857 1922 his art and influence, at spanierman gallery november 9, 1999 january 15, 2000 and pictured on p. Gerald cantor center for visual arts, stanford univ. Arthur wesley dow in the archives of american art were digitized in 2008. Arthur wesley dow is currently considered a single author.
Arthur wesley dow american, 18571922 spring landscape, 1892. Max weber and georgia okeeffe were among his students. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. His art and his influence, in arthur wesley dow 18571922. On his return to boston he taught for several years. Composition by arthur wesley dow paperback university of. His unusual painting style fused an appreciation for japanese woodblock printsgained from his days as a curator of japanese art in bostonwith the simplicity of the american arts and crafts movement. Dow was a native of ipswich, massachusetts, whose flat coastal landscape and subtly shifting light proved a powerful source of aesthetic inspiration. He accepted commissions for posters and other commercial work.
My favorite is the blue dragon, a sweeping view down the hill in the back of his studio all the way to the sea, where the most subtle of whitecapped incoming tide can be spied. A native of ipswich, dow studied in worcester, massachusetts, and paris, before returning to his native town in 1889. Dow traveled the american southwest in 1911 and 1912, documenting the grand canyon. This became a basic tenet of the arts and crafts movement in america. Arthur wesley dow and his influence upon the arts and crafts movement in america by beth ann. Japanese art japanese woodblock prints arthur wesley dow. Dow, april 18june 1, at the museum of fine arts, boston, although this particular impression could have been printed at a later time as dow often. In 1887, his brittany painting, a field in kerlaouen, was accepted into the paris salon. Dow clearly liked his new western subject and returned there in 1919. Biography of arthur wesley dow american art gallery. Bibliography arthur wesley dow his art and influence various contributing essayists. A finding aid to the arthur wesley dow papers, circa 18261978. Japanese art arthur wesley dow gables by the old bridge. Dow continued to paint, make prints and teach until his sudden death in 1922.
Arthur wesley dow 18571922 was a artist and author. Learn about the artist and find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Enyeart, harmony of reflected light, the photographs of arthur wesley dow. The artist, arthur wesley dow 18571922, is a figure little known to the general art viewing public at all, and certainly not as the multifaceted and highly influential figure. Collection of material by arthur wesley dow and students of the. Historians are just now beginning to fully grasp the influence dow had on american abstract art. See more ideas about art, arts and crafts movement and landscape paintings. Established in 1971, the annex galleries is a salon style gallery which specializes in 19th, 20th and 21st century american and european fine prints.
In 1889, two of dows paintings were accepted into the. Green, richard boyle and marilee boyd meyer 1999, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Related editor joseph moore bowles american, 18651934. Arthur wesley dow, born april 6, 1857, ipswich, massachusetts, u. With catalogue of 114 annotated and illustrated works by dow and his students.
During his career, dow taught at the pratt institute and the arts students league and chaired the department of fine arts at teachers college of columbia university. His art and his influence by barbara michaels, richard boyle, nancy e. Arthur wesley dow april 6 1857 december 1922 was an american painter printmaker photographer and influential arts educator arthur wesley dow study landscape near peyrelebade odilon redon private collection painting oil on canvas height. The artist, arthur wesley dow 1857 1922, is a figure little known to the general art viewing public at all, and certainly not as the multifaceted and highly influential figure he was for at least the last two decades of his life. Arthur wesley dow, born in ipswich, massachusetts, was initially influenced by the barbizoninspired work of fellow bostonian william morris hunt. For dow, all arts and crafts were of equal value and should be simultaneously beautiful and functional. Arthur wesley dow was a painter, photographer and printmaker, but perhaps his most lasting legacy is his continuing impact as an arts educator. The destroyer, arthur wesley dow minneapolis institute of art. His art and his influence has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Arthur wesley dow 18571922 was a landscape painter, teacher, and. Jul 24, 2016 in 19, the same year he showed his grand canyon works, new york hosted the avantgarde armory show. He was injured when he fell off a horse, however, and died just three years later, at age 65.
Best known for his extraordinary woodblock prints, arthur wesley dow was also a painter, a glorious one, as this book clearly illustrates. Arthur wesley dow 1857 1922 his art hist influence abebooks. Joseph masheck is a wellknown art critic and professor of art history at hofstra university. Arthur wesley dow, born in ipswich, massachusetts, was initially influenced by. With an inventory of over 8000 works on paper half of which are available on this website, our focus is american color woodcut, arts and crafts prints, wpa prints, modernist and abstract expressionist prints from the 1940s and 1960s, prints. He chaired the department of fine arts at teachers college of columbia university from 1904 until his death. His art and his influence 1st edition by frederick c. When arthur wesley dow died in 1922, he was called a great teacher.