Arthur Wesley Dow

Born in Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1857, Arthur Wesley Dow began his artistic journey studying in Boston before heading to Paris in 1884. There, he honed his skills at the Académie Julian under academic artists like Gustave Boulanger and Jules Joseph Lefebvre. However, a pivotal shift in his artistic direction occurred in 1893 when he became assistant curator of the Japanese collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. It was here that Ernest Fenellosa introduced him to the…