Arthur Wesley Dow and American Arts and Crafts

About this book

A leader of the American Arts and Crafts movement Arthur Wesley Dow (1857-1922) was a prolific artist and an inspiring teacher. His creative genius is celebrated in this elegant study of his work and its impact on generations of painters photographers printmakers potters woodworkers and weavers. The book explores the full range of Dows artistry including painting photography and printmaking. Dows profound influence on numerous students and colleagues among them Georgia OKeeffe Max Weber Edward Steichen and Alfred Stieglitz is seen in vivid reproductions of their work. In his teaching and writing Dow stressed the Arts and Crafts aesthetic of beautifully rendered well-crafted works that balance decorative design with functionality. This volume clearly illustrates those principles and illuminates Dows continuing relevance to craft in America. NANCY E. GREEN has held positions at Williams College and Christies New York and is now chief curator of prints drawings and photographs at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University. JESSIE POESCH an authority on American pottery is professor emerita in the history of art at the Newcomb Art Department Tulane University 164 illustrations 142 in full color 91/2 x 87/8"