Spring Landscape / Arthur Wesley Dow
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.168
- Title
- Spring Landscape
- Artist
- Arthur Wesley Dow
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1857 - 1922
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Object Creation Date
- 1892
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Style/Group/Movement
- Japonisme
- Inscription
- Inscribed l.r.: Arthur W. Dow/1892
- Dimensions
- 99.06 cm x 82.23 cm x 7.62 cm (39 in. x 32 3/8 in. x 3 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- Landscape painting depicting a dirt pathway with steps and a wooden railing cutting through the center of the composition leading to a house on a hill in the distance. On either side of the path are blooming trees bearing pink and white blossoms in a green meadow.
- Subject Matter
- This work is indicative of the influence Japanese prints had on Dow’s work, and his subsequent emphasis on elements such as line, mass and color. In “Spring Landscape” Dow utilizes strong dynamic line, a high horizon line, flattened space, asymmetry, vibrant colors, and a simplification of form to represent a scene of nature at the height of spring.
- Primary Keywords
- clouds
- flowers
- grass (plant material)
- grassland
- houses
- landscapes
- landscapes (environments)
- oil painting
- paths
- road
- sky
- spring
- trees
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- atmospheric effects
- buildings and the land
- descriptors
- dwellings
- earth sciences concepts
- image-making processes and techniques
- materials
- materials by origin
- natural landscapes
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- painting and painting techniques
- painting techniques
- painting techniques by medium
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- plant communities
- plant material
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- residential structures
- roads
- scientific concepts
- seasons
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- the natural world
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- walkways
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- woody plants
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3070 x 3764
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 1954/1.168
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.168/1954_1_168.jpg
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"Spring Landscape; Arthur Wesley Dow." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.168/1954_1_168.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2025.
