Arthur Dove: A Reassessment offers a fresh look at the art, life and literature of seminal American modernist painter Arthur Dove (1880-1946). It also introduces Dove's long-forgotten biographer Suzanne Mullett Smith, who worked with Alfred Stieglitz and the artist from 1943 to 1944 assembling a chronicle of Dove's art and life as well as a catalogue raisonné. By examining previously unpublished material, this volume explores the differences between Dove's public and private personas, especially the development of his art while living in Westport, Connecticut, from 1910 to 1920; his successful career as a chicken farmer; his complex relationship with his family; and the impact of his Christian background on some of his best-known works. This lavishly designed volume offers a fresh reexamination of Dove that is sure to become essential reading for scholars and fans alike.
The American artist Arthur Dove (1880-1946), purportedly the firstartist to have produced an abstract painting, has always occupied acentral place in writings on early American modernism.
Arthur Dove: Life and Work, with a Catalogue Raisonné
Arthur Dove: Nature as Symbol
Reflections on Nature: Small Paintings by Arthur Dove, 1942-1943
Arthur Dove & Helen Torr: The Huntington Years
During the 1920s and 1930s, Alfred Stieglitz's stylish New York galleries were a mecca to artistic innovators and avant garde thinkers, those struggling to cast off the burden of American...
Shows paintings by one of America's earliest abstract painters, and discusses his relationship with patron of the arts Phillips