Rain
Arthur Dove
1924
Medium
twigs and rubber cement on metal and glass
Dimensions
overall: 49.5 x 39.7 cm (19 1/2 x 15 5/8 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Avalon Fund
Accession Number
1997.1.1
About the Artist
Arthur Dove
Arthur Garfield Dove (1880–1946) was an American painter widely regarded as one of the first artists to create fully abstract works in the United States, a pioneer whose lyrical, nature-inspired abstractions gave American modernism a distinctly organic and spiritual character. Born in Canandaigua, New York, Dove initially worked as a commercial illustrator before traveling to Europe in 1907–1909, ...