Which artist taught Georgia O'Keeffe at Columbia University in New York?

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

O'Keeffe studied with Dow at Columbia Teachers College in 1914 and 1915. Dow introduced her to ideas about composition, including the expressive use of line, color, and spatial organization. His approach helped her move away from strict academic imitation toward more personal and abstract ways of making images.

Dow was an influential American artist, educator, and theorist. His teaching emphasized principles of design rather than simply copying nature. O'Keeffe later described his ideas as particularly important because they gave her a language for thinking about art beyond realistic representation.

Dow was not O'Keeffe's husband, gallery owner, or long-term New York associate. Those roles are connected with Alfred Stieglitz. Dow's significance was as an early teacher whose design principles shaped O'Keeffe's development before her career became widely known.