The Visionary Eye of Olin Dows: From Pastoral Serenity to the Front Lines Born into a world of burgeoning American modernism, Olin Dows (August 14, 1904 – June 6, 1981) carved a unique niche in the mid-twentieth-century art scene by bridging the gap between the tranquil beauty of the natural world and the harrowing realities of human conflict. Raised in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York, Dows was steeped in an environment of cultural refi…