Arthur Wesley Dow (1857-1922) was an artist and teacher whose theories on composition and form are often noted as being strongly influential. Hilton Kramer feels he's a tad overrated, and he slipped in a nice zinger in his review Major Show for Minor Guy: "Georgia O'Keeffe made a point of acknowledging Dow's influence as a teacher on her own early artistic development. But we needn't hold that endorsement against him." I just happen to like this August Moon by Dow, especially because we're presently under another August full moon, and because it also kind of reminds me of another Arthur's work, i.e., Arthur Dove who painted Me and the Moon. And then there's always the Arthur who got caught between the moon and New York City.
