Minneapolis Institute of Art
The Destroyer
Arthur Wesley DowLinkedCulture matchlcp-3e3c5a6d569f
- Date
- c. 1911–13
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 108705
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
Dow traveled the American Southwest in 1911 and 1912, documenting the Grand Canyon. His unusual painting style fused an appreciation for Japanese woodblock prints—gained from his days as a curator of Japanese art in Boston—with the simplicity of the American Arts and Crafts movement. In this work, his use of color and visible brushstrokes emphasizes the immensity of the vast, exotic landscape of the Southwest. United States, Americas
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- Credit line
- The Mary Ingebrand-Pohlad Endowment for Twentieth Century Paintings, the Frank Meyers Steiner American Western Art Fund, and the William and Harriet Ludwick Endowment for Western Art
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