Boats at Rest

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

AIC_.1990.394

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AIC_.1990.394

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

1998

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1998

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Paintings

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Paintings

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Dow, Arthur Wesley

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Dow, Arthur Wesley

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

North American; American

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North American; American

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Dates/Places:

American; 1857-1922 North and Central America,North America,United Sta

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American; 1857-1922 North and Central America,North America,United Sta

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Arthur Wesley Dow

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Arthur Wesley Dow

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Boats at Rest

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Boats at Rest

Title

false

Title Type:

preferred

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preferred

Title Type

false

View:

full view

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full view

View

false

Creation Date:

c. 1895

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c. 1895

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1890

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1890

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1900

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1900

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Oil on canvas

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Oil on canvas

Materials and Techniques

false

Creation Place:

North and Central America,North America,United States,Massachusetts,Ipswich

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North and Central America,North America,United States,Massachusetts,Ipswich

Creation Place

false

Dimensions:

66 x 91.4 cm (26 x 36 in.)

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66 x 91.4 cm (26 x 36 in.)

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Art Institute of Chicago

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The Art Institute of Chicago

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Chicago, Illinois, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1990.394

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1990.394

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

The Art Institute of Chicago, Through prior acquisition of the Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester Collection

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The Art Institute of Chicago, Through prior acquisition of the Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester Collection

Credit Line

false

Inscriptions:

Signed, lower left: "Arthur W. Dow"

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Signed, lower left: "Arthur W. Dow"

Inscriptions

false

Rights:

http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html

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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>

Rights

false

Context:

After studying in Paris between 1884 and 1889, Arthur Wesley Dow returned home to Ipswich, Massachusetts, and concentrated on local landscape views. Dow also became enamored of Japanese prints after his return to the United States. In works like Boats at Rest, he combined regionalist subjects with Asian-inspired compositions and vividly juxtaposed colors. The forceful cropping of Boats at Rest corresponds to the compositional devices used by Japanese printmakers, as do the strong diagonals of the boats and river flowing through the composition. The high-keyed palette of jarring colors, however, is more akin to the work of French Post-Impressionist painters.

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After studying in Paris between 1884 and 1889, Arthur Wesley Dow returned home to Ipswich, Massachusetts, and concentrated on local landscape views. Dow also became enamored of Japanese prints after his return to the United States. In works like Boats at Rest, he combined regionalist subjects with Asian-inspired compositions and vividly juxtaposed colors. The forceful cropping of Boats at Rest corresponds to the compositional devices used by Japanese printmakers, as do the strong diagonals of the boats and river flowing through the composition. The high-keyed palette of jarring colors, however, is more akin to the work of French Post-Impressionist painters.

Context

false

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