Sentimental Music
Arthur Dove · 1913
Why it's great
Soft gray shapes, like clouds of smoke, twist and curl in this painting by Arthur Dove, one of the first American abstract painters. He painted music and feelings, and made this one in 1913.
Where to see it
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Hang it on your wall
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Arthur Dove was an American painter born in Canandaigua, New York, in 1880. He is considered one of the first American artists to paint abstractly, painting nature, music and feelings, often while living on a boat or in a farmhouse on Long Island. He died in Huntington, New York, in 1946.
