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The landscape transformed through curves

Clouds and Water brings sweeping pale forms above darker hills and small sail-like shapes on the water. The sky and ground remain suggested while their contours become part of a larger pattern. Other natural subjects similarly move between a recognisable setting and independent shapes.

The boat as a compact arrangement

Fishboat fills the view with the curved hull, upright supports and dark opening of the vessel. The close viewpoint reduces the surrounding space and gives the object a strong structure. Other water subjects follow boats, inlets and sails through different degrees of simplification.

Music suggested through visual rhythm

George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue, Part I gathers lines, small repeated marks and contrasting coloured areas into an upright composition. The title connects the image with music without requiring a literal scene. Explore abstract prints for further work organised through rhythm and colour.

Related artists and collections

Compare the forms of Henry Lyman Saÿen, the constructed subjects of Charles Demuth and the intense colour of Oscar Bluemner. The wider geometric abstract collection offers another route through repeated and related shapes.

Read more in our guide to Arthur Dove.