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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Arthur Wesley Dow canonical 11

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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ
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, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City
positionHeld head of art department at Teachers College, Columbia University ⓘ
instructor at Pratt Institute ⓘ
residence Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Minnie Pearson Dow ⓘ
studiedUnder Gustave Boulanger ⓘ
Jules Joseph Lefebvre ⓘ
linked to: Jules Lefebvre
taughtAt Art Students League of New York ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Dow → hasNotableBearer → Arthur Wesley Dow ⓘ
Ipswich marshes landscapes → creator → Arthur Wesley Dow ⓘ
Minnie Pearson Dow → spouse → Arthur Wesley Dow ⓘ
Minnie Pearson Dow → associatedWith → Arthur Wesley Dow ⓘ
Pamela Colman Smith → studiedUnder → Arthur Wesley Dow ⓘ