..art lies in the fine choice. The artist does not teach us… - Arthur Wesley Dow

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..art lies in the fine choice. The artist does not teach us to see facts: he teaches us to feel harmonies.

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Arthur Wesley Dow (April 6, 1857 – December 1, 1922) was an American painter, printmaker, photographer, and influential arts educator. His ideas were quite revolutionary for the period, he taught that rather than copying nature, art should be created by elements of the composition, like line, mass and color.

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Alternative Names: Arthur W. Dow • Arthur Dow • A. W. Dow

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..art lies in the fine choice. The artist does not teach us to see facts: he teaches us to feel harmonies. - Arthur Wesley Dow

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