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Orson B. Lowell (1871-1956) was an American artist and illustrator, and the son of landscapist Milton H. Lowell.

Lowell was born in Wyoming, Iowa, in 1871. In 1882, the family moved to Chicago, where Lowell attended public school until 1887, when he began taking classes at the prestigious Art Institute of Chicago. There Lowell studied with J.H. Vanderpoel and Oliver Dennett Grover. [1]

In November of 1893, Lowell moved to New York City to build his career. By 1905 Lowell's work was in high enough demand to allow him to buy a house in New Rochelle, New York while maintaining his studio in New York. New Rochelle came to be a well known artist colony and illustrator's community soon after his arrival.[2] Residents there included Norman Rockwell, Edward Penfield, J.C. Leyendecker, Franklin Booth, and Coles Phillips.


References

  1. ^ "200 Years of American Illustration"; Henry Pitz, 1977 Random House
  2. ^ New Rochelle - Arts City
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