biographie de Lowell NESBITT (1933-1993)

Birth place: Baltimore, MD

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Painter, printmaker, lecturer

Studied: Tyler Sch. Fine Arts, Temple Univ. (B.F.A., 1955); Royal Col. Art, London, Eng. (studied stained-glass making and etching

Exhibited: Tokyo Biennale, Japan, 1967; Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil, 1967; WMAA biennial, 1967; Int. Art Fair, Basel, Switz., 1970; New American Realism, Gal. Gestlo, Bremen, Ger., 1971; Gimpel & Wetizenhoffer, NYC. Awards: purchase awards for oils & prints, BMA, 1956; award for Ben Berns Studio (oil), 1969 & Baker Brush Co. (drawing), 1971, Nat. Collection Fine Arts.

Work: NMAA; MOMA; NASA, Wash., DC; Peter Ludwig Collection, Aachen Mus, Ger; NGA, Wash., DC. Commissions: poster, comn by List Found, New York Ctr, 1968; Apollo 9 & 13 (oils), NASA, 1969 & 1970; poster of Renwick Mus, Smithsonian Inst, 1971; Clearing Sky 72 (oil), Environ Protection Agency, Wash, DC, 1972.

Comments: Photo-Realist whose favored subjects include views of urban bulding facades, studio windows and interiors, and bridges. Positions: asst. set designer, Ogunquit Playhouse, Maine, 1953-54; art dir. TV, Walter Reed Med. Ctr., 1956-60. Teaching: instr. printmaking, Towson State Col, 1966-67; instr. printmaking, BMA, 1967-68; honorarium lect., Univ. Miami, Univ. Richmond & BMA, 1968-69,1971; instr. painting, Sch. Visual Arts, 1970-71.

Sources: WW73; Baigell, Dictionary; Coverage of Studio Series," Time Mag. (1969); "The Ruins" (film), John Huzar Prod., 1971."