Which artist and educator taught Georgia O'Keeffe at Columbia University in 1914?

Arthur Wesley Dow taught Georgia O'Keeffe at Columbia University in 1914.

O'Keeffe studied with Dow at Columbia University's Teachers College in New York. Dow's teaching emphasized the expressive possibilities of line, color, tone, and composition rather than requiring students to imitate visible reality. This approach gave O'Keeffe a framework for making art from personal responses and simplified forms.

Before meeting Dow, O'Keeffe had already received conventional academic training. She had studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League of New York. Dow's influence helped her move away from strict realism and toward the radical abstractions that later attracted Alfred Stieglitz's attention.

Dow was an important educator in American art, but he was not O'Keeffe's husband or gallery dealer. Alfred Stieglitz became both a major supporter of her work and her husband, while William Merritt Chase was one of her earlier teachers at the Art Students League.