"The Derelict" or "The Lost Boat"
1916 · Color woodcut; trial proof of single color block
Image: 5 5/8 × 3 7/8 in. (14.3 × 9.8 cm)
Sheet: 6 13/16 × 5 3/16 in. (17.3 × 13.2 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Arthur Wesley Dow
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Arthur Wesley Dow was an American painter, printmaker, and influential art educator who synthesized Japanese compositional principles with Western painting traditions. Working primarily in oil, watercolor, and woodblock print, he developed a distinctive approach to landscape that emphasized flattened picture planes, bold linear rhythms, and restrained color palettes. His teaching at Pratt Institute and Teachers College, Columbia University shaped early twentieth-century American art pedagogy, introducing generations of students to non-Western formal systems. Dow's own work remains rooted in the visual vocabulary of the natural world, particularly the marshlands and coastal forms of New England.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 26d ago
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