Elsie Motz Lowdon

Elsie Motz Lowdon (1883 - 1960) was an American painter of portrait miniatures.

Elsie Motz Lowdon, Perdita, 1915, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Alice L. McGowan, 1984.12.1
Elsie Motz Lowdon
Born1883
Waco, Texas
Died1960
NationalityAmerican
EducationEleanor T. Wragg,
Lucia Fairchild Fuller,
Elsie Dodge Pattee

Life

Born in Waco, Texas, Lowden spent her youth there,[1] studying with Eleanor T. Wragg at Baylor University,[2] before moving to New York City, where she undertook further lessons with Lucia Fairchild Fuller and Elsie Dodge Pattee. Her works were exhibited in that city, in Atlanta, and in Washington, D.C. as well as in her native state, where she was included in the Texas Centennial Exposition of 1936;[1][3] she also showed her work at a variety of other venues, presenting a portrait at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915.[4] Known particularly for portraiture, she depicted members of such prominent Houston families as the Blaffers and Hobbys, as well as noted novelist Ellen Glasgow. Lowdon also produced a variety of interior and genre scenes. She died in Fort Worth,[1] and is buried in Abilene, in the Abilene Municipal Cemetery.[5]

Lowdon was a member of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, the Southern States Art League, and the Texas Fine Arts Association.[2] Four of her miniatures are in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[6][7][8][9] and two are owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[10][11] Her work may also be found in The Grace Museum in Abilene and in several private collections.[12]

References
  1. "Elsie Motz Lowdon". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. Paula L. Grauer; Michael R. Grauer (1999). Dictionary of Texas Artists, 1800-1945. Texas A&M University Press. pp. 59–. ISBN 978-0-89096-861-1.
  3. "Atlanta Junior League Sponsors Mrs. Lowdon's Miniature Exhibits". The Atlanta Constitution. Oct 17, 1928.
  4. Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company (1915). Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915. Wahlgreen Company. pp. 26–.
  5. Elsie Motz Lowdon at Find a Grave
  6. "Perdita". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  7. "Uncle William". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  8. "Nude with Goldfish". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  9. "Marjorie Staiars". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  10. "David Bowie Crockett". 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017 – via The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  11. "Violet and Amber". 28 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017 – via The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  12. Ryan, Terri Jo. "Brazos Past: Waco's own Elsie Motz Lowdon gained national acclaim for painted miniatures". Waco Tribune-Herald. Retrieved 28 December 2017.


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