31 Facts About Arthur Dove

Arthur Dove made a series of experimental collages in the 1920s.

Arthur Dove experimented with techniques, combining paints like hand mixed oil or tempera over a wax emulsion as exemplified in Dove's 1938 painting Tanks, in the collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

Arthur Dove was born to a wealthy family in Canandaigua, New York.

Arthur Dove grew up loving the outdoors on a farm; however, his father was a very successful businessman who owned a brickyard and expected his son to become wealthy.

Arthur Dove attended Hobart College and Cornell University, where he enrolled in elective art classes.

Arthur Dove's illustrations proved popular by bringing life to the characters and situations depicted.

Arthur Dove's parents were upset at his choice to become an artist instead of a more profitable profession that his Ivy League degree would have enabled, and they would prove unsympathetic to the difficulties that came with a career in art.

Arthur Dove's son, William C Dove, was born on July 4,1909.

Stieglitz was a well known photographer and gallery owner who was very active in promoting modern art in America, including works by European artists that had never been seen before in the US Arthur Dove decided to quit working as an illustrator but was in need of artistic identity along with emotional bolstering and Stieglitz filled both these roles.

Arthur Dove was said to be gentle, quiet, and a good friend while Stieglitz was known as being argumentative and shrewd.

Arthur Dove exhibited his works at Stieglitz's 291 gallery in 1910 as part of the show "Younger American Painters", which included Arthur Dove's old friend Maurer.

From 1912 to 1946 Arthur Dove showed his work annually at Stieglitz's galleries: 291, Intimate Gallery, and An American Place.

Arthur Dove used a wide range of media over the course of his career, sometimes in unconventional combinations.

In spite of support from various members of the art community, it was often necessary for Arthur Dove to earn money through farming, fishing and commercial illustration.

Arthur Dove's work convinced Philips that abstract was an artistic process, not just an art style.

Arthur Dove met Phillips only once in his lifetime, in 1936.

Arthur Dove spent seven years on a houseboat called Mona with Helen Torr, known as "Reds" for the fiery color of her hair.

Florence Arthur Dove had never cared about Arthur Dove's passion for art, and was more socially inclined.

When Florence died unexpectedly, Arthur Dove paid $250 for the funeral expenses and sent flowers, but did not go to the funeral in Geneva.

Arthur Dove identified himself as a "frame maker" on his marriage registry.

Almost immediately, Arthur Dove was found to have pneumonia; he eventually suffered from a heart attack and was diagnosed with a debilitating kidney disorder.

In 1979, her works and Arthur Dove's were hung together in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Arthur Dove suffered from heart disease and Bright's disease through the late 1930s.

Arthur Dove suffered a heart attack in 1939 and his health never fully recovered.

In 1946 Arthur Dove had his last show with nine new paintings and made his final visit to the gallery and saw Stieglitz for the last time.

Badly shaken from his friend's death, Arthur Dove lived for only four more months.

Arthur Dove died on November 23,1946, following a second heart attack and kidney failure.

Arthur Dove was interred at the Memorial Cemetery of St John's Church in Cold Spring Harbor, New York.

Arthur Dove immediately walked right up to them and spoke of the new ideas.

The Estate of Arthur Dove is represented by the Terry Dintenfass Gallery.

In 2017, it was announced that Geneva, New York, would receive economic revitalization funding that would, in part, assist with rehabilitating the 1878 Arthur Dove Block building, once Arthur Dove's studio in the 1930s.