Arthur Wesley Dow Works Online
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Original works by Arthur Wesley Dow available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago Art Explorer - Images and Text Resources
Detailed information about the artist and his works
Arthur Wesley Dow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 
Photograph collection online
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
Brooklyn Museum, New York City
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey
Arthur Wesley Dow at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago
4 works online
Virtual Museum of Canada
The Hill Field, 1908-10
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Smithsonian American Art Museum National Art Inventories
List of works nationwide from two sources: the Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914 and the Inventory of American Sculpture (only a few percent of listings have an accompanying image)
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Arthur Wesley Dow at The Athenaeum 
52 works online by Dow
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Articles and Reference Sites:
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum) 
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
The New York Observer
"Dow at Spanierman Gallery: Major Show for Minor Guy", article by Hilton Kramer
"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
| Look Inside Books: | Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader. | |
| Search Inside Books: | Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy.
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Composition: A Series of Exercises in Art Structure
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Arthur Wesley Dow and the American Arts and Crafts
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Harmony of Reflected Light: The Photographs of Arthur Wesley Dow
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