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From the supplier: An exhibit featuring the works of Arthur Dove is described. His use of oils, watercolors and collage is examined, along with color, subject and composition. A critique of some of the works is included, focusing on both their innovative and cliched aspects. Dove's contributions to modernism are also presented.

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Title: Levelheaded mysticism: Arthur Dove at the Whitney.(Arthur Dove, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York)
Author: Mario Naves
Publication: New Criterion (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 1998
Publisher: Foundation for Cultural Review
Volume: 16Issue: 7Page: 50(1)

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Chapters: Arthur Dove, Red Jacket, John Raines, Charles J. Folger, David Hudson. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Arthur Garfield Dove (August 2, 1880 November 23, 1946) was an American artist. An early American modernist, he was one of America's first abstract painters. Dove was born to a wealthy family in Canandaigua, New York. His parents, William George and Anna Elizabeth, were of English ancestry. William Dove was interested in politics and named Arthur Garfield, after the soon-to-be-elected Republican Vice President, Chester Arthur and Presidential candidate James Garfield of the 1880 election. Arthur Dove grew up loving the outdoors on a farm; however, his father was a very successful businessman who owned a brickyard (along with city real estate) and expected his son to become wealthy. Dove's childhood interests included playing the piano, painting lessons, and being a pitcher on a high school baseball team. As a child, he was befriended by a neighbor named Newton Weatherby. Weatherby was a naturalist who helped form Doves appreciation of nature. He was also an amateur painter who gave Dove pieces of leftover canvas to work with. Dove attended Cornell University, where he was chosen to illustrate the Cornell University yearbook. Dove's illustrations proved popular because they brought life to the characters and situations they depicted. After graduation, he became a well known commercial illustrator in New York City. At 23 years old, this well-educated young man had left small town life to live in the largest city in the country. Dove's choice to forgo the life of material advantages (following a degree from an Ivy League school) to become an artist upset his parents to the point that they never showed him any sympathy toward the disadv...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2055899 ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles!Arthur Garfield Dove (August 2, 1880 - November 23, 1946) was an American artist. An early American modernist, he was one of America's first abstract painters.Dove was born to a wealthy family in Canandaigua, New York. His parents, William George and Anna Elizabeth, were of English ancestry. William Dove was interested in politics and named Arthur Garfield, after the soon-to-be-elected Republican Vice President, Chester Arthur and Presidential candidate James Garfield of the 1880 election. Arthur Dove grew up loving the outdoors on a farm; however, his father was a very successful businessman who owned a brickyard (along with city real estate) and expected his son to become wealthy. Dove's childhood interests included playing the piano, painting lessons, and being a pitcher on a high school baseball team. As a child, he was befriended by a neighbor named Newton Weatherby. Weatherby was a naturalist who helped form Dove's appreciation of nature. He was also an amateur painter who gave Dove pieces of leftover canvas to work with. ... Read more

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Chapters: Arthur Dove, Ryan Lochte, W. W. Phelps, Max Eastman, Kristen Wiig, John Armstrong, John C. Spencer, Peter Buell Porter, Francis Granger, Oliver Phelps, John Willys, Douglas T. Ross, John Mix Stanley, Philip Spencer, Daniel Myron Lefever, John Raines, Jason Hawes, Stanton Davis Kirkham, Clark Williams, Mary Clark Thompson, Gideon Granger, Myron H. Clark, Elbridge G. Lapham, Judith D. Zuk, Frank Wolcott, Thomas Raines, Albert Lester, Augustus Seymour Porter, Frank Rice, Richard C. Wesley, Dudley Marvin, James L. Conger, James Hooker Strong, William Lewis, Henry C. Smith, William H. Lamport, Nathaniel W. Howell, Thomas Morris, Mark H. Sibley, Michael Park, John Greig, Thomas Benton Stoddard, Ryan Poles. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 150. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Arthur Garfield Dove (August 2, 1880 November 23, 1946) was an American artist. An early American modernist, he was one of America's first abstract painters. Dove was born to a wealthy family in Canandaigua, New York. His parents, William George and Anna Elizabeth, were of English ancestry. William Dove was interested in politics and named Arthur Garfield, after the soon-to-be-elected Republican Vice President, Chester Arthur and Presidential candidate James Garfield of the 1880 election. Arthur Dove grew up loving the outdoors on a farm; however, his father was a very successful businessman who owned a brickyard (along with city real estate) and expected his son to become wealthy. Dove's childhood interests included playing the piano, painting lessons, and being a pitcher on a high school baseball team. As a child, he was befriended by a neighbor named Newton Weatherby. Weatherby was a naturalist who helped form Doves appreciation of nature. He was also an amateur painter who gave Dove pieces of leftover...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2055899 ... Read more