Lowell Nesbitt Art

Space Race Silkscreen on Acrylic hand signed and dated 1970, MOON WALK, color screenprint on Plexiglas depicting the moon landing, from the numbered edition of 150, size 30 x 30” Lowell Blair Nesbitt is an American painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor. Although he worked in a variety of media and covered a wide range of subjects throughout his career, he is best known for his large, Photorealist botanical paintings. Born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1933, Nesbitt earned a degree from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University. Later, he also studied at London’s Royal Academy of Arts. Working in stained glass and etching and also producing abstract paintings in his early career, a 1962 encounter with artist Robert Indiana led him to steer his aesthetic toward realism. Though he held his first solo show at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1958, it was his 1964 debut at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. that would truly bring him to the attention of the art world. In this exhibit, his botanical series of paintings, drawings, and prints captivated the art world and public alike. The game-changing Corcoran Gallery show would send his career down the trajectory of sustained success. In 1976, Nesbitt moved from his New York City West 14th Street studio to a massive space located at 389 West 12th Street. The 12,500 square foot living and workspace supplied ample room for creating his enormous paintings...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Vegetables Year: 1978 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 30 in. x 40 in. (76....

A beautiful realist painting of a rose by American Artist, Lowell Nesbitt who was great inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe. Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Pin...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Red and Yellow Parrot Tulips Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edit...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Multicolor Iris Year: 1981 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, AP 35/40 Size: 36 x 25 in. (9...

This artwork "Lily" C.1975 is an original colors serigraph by noted American artist Lowell Nesbitt, 1933-1993. It is hand signed, dated and numbered A.P. 6/30 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 23.75 x 26 inches, sheet size is 29.35 x 31.25 inches. It is in excellent condition, it has a very light printing ink soiling at the left margin, see picture #6 and a light crease at the lower center margin. About the artist: Lowell Nesbitt, who was born in Baltimore on Oct. 4, 1933, was a graduate of the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia and also attended the Royal College of Art in London, where he worked in stained glass & etching. In 1964, the Corcoran Gallery or Art in Washington gave him one of his first museum exhibitions, and by the mid 1970's he had decided to leave the museum a bequest of more than $1 million. But in 1989, he publicly revoked the bequest after the Corcoran canceled a disputed exhibition of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe, who was an old friend. Mr. Nesbitt named the Phillips Collection as a beneficiary instead. He was frequently grouped with the Photo Realists, but his images were more interpretively distorted, somewhat loosely painted and boldly abbreviated. He had many subjects: studio interiors, articles of clothing, piles of shoes and groupings of fruits and vegetables. He also painted his dog, a Rottweiler named Echo, the Neoclassical facades of SoHo's 19th century cast-iron buildings and several of Manhattan's major bridges. Despite such variety, Lowell Nesbitt was best known for gargantuan images or irises, roses, lilies and other flowers, which he often depicted in close up so that their petals seemed to fill the canvas. Dramatic, implicitly sexual and a little ominous, they earned the artist a popularity with the general public that tended to overshadow his reputation within the art world. In 1980, the United States Postal Service issued four stamps based on Mr. Nesbitt's floral paintings. He also served as the official artist for the space flights of Apollo 9 and Apollo 13. SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS -Amerada Hess Corporation, New York, New York -AT&T, New York, New York -Atlantic Richfield, Los Angeles, California -Bank of New York, New York, New York -Biblioteque Nationale, Paris, France -Celenese Corporation, New York, New York -Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, New York -Citicorp, New York, New York -Florists Trans World Delivery Collection of Contemporary Art, Detroit, Michigan -Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan -General Mills, Minneapolis, Minnesota -Hess Shoe Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland -Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb, Chicago, Illinois, New York, New York -Maryland National Bank, Baltimore -Mutual of Omaha, Washington D.C. -Neiman-Marcus, Atlanta, Georgia -Northern Trust Company, Chicago, Illinois -J.C. Penny Corporation, New York, New York -Prudential Insurance Company, Newark, New Jersey -Schroeder Bank and Trust Company, New York, New York SELECTED MUSEUM AND GOVERNMENT COLLECTIONS. -American Embassies: Monrovia, Dar es Salaam, Tel Aviv, Sao Paulo -The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois -Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland -Castel Gandolfo, Rome, Collection of Pope Paul II -Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. -Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas -Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan -Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Kansas -Enviromental Protection Agency, Washington D.C. -Federal Reserve Bank, Baltimore, Maryland -Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass. -Fort Worth Art Center, Texas -The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia -Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. -International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C. -Israel Museum, Jerusalem -John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida -Library of Congress, Washington D.C. -Loch Haven Art Center, Florida -Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1958: Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD 1971: -Gimpel Fils, London, England -Gimpel and Weitzenhoffer, New York, NY 1972: -Kunstverein, Frieburg, Germany -Galerie Arneson, Copenhagen, Denmark -Gerlerie Aronovitsch, Stockholm, Sweden 1973: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. 1974: Gimpel Fils, London, England 1975: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. 1976: Hayden, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 1977: Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita KS 1978: Kent State University, Kent, OH 1979: Selby Botanical Gardens, Museum of Botany and the Art's, Sarasota, FL 1980: Marion Koogler Mcnay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX 1981: Editions Inc, Houston TX 1982: Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH 1983: Atlantic Center for the Art, New Smyrna Beach, FL 1984: Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK 1989: Tyler Gallery...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Fruits on Rug I Year: 1978 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 175 Image Size: 26.5 x 30 inches Siz...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: White Rose Year: 1981 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Image Size...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: White Iris on Purple Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Image Size: 35 x 24 inches S...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Lilium Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Image Size: 30 x 39 inches Size: 37 x 45 i...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Iris on Blue III Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Image Si...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: White Lily on White Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Image Size: 26 x 26 inches Si...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: The Winter Iris Year: 1986 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 54 in. x 54 in. (137.16 cm x 137.16 cm) Fra...

Date: 1981 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 200, AP 40 Image Size: 34.5 x 23 inches Size: 38 x 26 in. (96.52 x 66.04 cm)

This painting was created by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt. His most well known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he crea...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: White Rose Year: 1971 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 80 x 80 in. (203.2 x 203.2 cm)

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Flowers on Blue Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, AP 40 Image Size: 30 x 26.25 inc...

Lowell Nesbitt (American, 1933-1993) Flower, 1978 tempera on board 60 1/2 x 40 1/2 inches. Provenance: Sold: Christie's East, May 18, 1999, Lot 224 Blair Nesbitt is an American painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor. Although he worked in a variety of media and covered a wide range of subjects throughout his career, he is best known for his large, Photorealist botanical paintings. Born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1933, Nesbitt earned a degree from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University. Later, he also studied at London’s Royal Academy of Arts. Working in stained glass and etching and also producing abstract paintings in his early career, a 1962 encounter with artist Robert Indiana led him to steer his aesthetic toward realism. Though he held his first solo show at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1958, it was his 1964 debut at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. that would truly bring him to the attention of the art world. In this exhibit, his botanical series of paintings, drawings, and prints captivated the art world and public alike. The game-changing Corcoran Gallery show would send his career down the trajectory of sustained success. In 1976, Nesbitt moved from his New York City West 14th Street studio to a massive space located at 389 West 12th Street. The 12,500 square foot living and workspace supplied ample room for creating his enormous paintings...

A silkscreen print by Lowell Nesbitt from 1975. A colorful still life that combines both organic and geometric elements. Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Still Life with...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: White Tulips Year: 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, AP 40 ...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Red Rose from the Stamps Series Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250 Image Size: 20 x ...

Artist: Lowell Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Red Poppies Year: 1979 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 175 Image Size: 37.5 x 29.5 inches Paper Size:...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Daffodils Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Image Size: 28 x 20 inches Size: 35 in....

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Red Rose Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Image Size: 30 x...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Lemon White Lily Year: 1982 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 26 x 26 in. (66.04 x 66.04 cm)

This painting was created by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt. His most well known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he crea...

Edition of 40 Signed and numbered unframed

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt Title: Lemons and Limes on Quilt Year: 1988 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 39 in. x 48 in. (99.06 cm x 121.92 cm) Frame Size: 40.25 ...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: White Lily Year: 1982 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 26 in. x 26 in. (66.04 cm x 66.04 cm)

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Pink and Yellow Irises Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Ten Lemons on Blue Year: 1978 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 65 in. x 90 in. (165.1 cm x 228.6 cm)

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Three Irises Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Image Size: 30 x 30 inches Size: 37 ...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Three Irises on Green Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP 40 Image Size: 20 x 44 inche...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Pink Camellia from the Stamps Series Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250 Image Size: ...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Island of Yellow Flowers Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Image Size: 32 x 40 inch...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Burgundy Iris Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Image Size: 30 x 20 inches Size: 36...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Shoes Year: 1974 Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: II 14 Image Size: 19 x 28 inches Size: 27.5 x 36 ...

An oil painting by Lowell Nesbitt from 1973. A very large scale, hyper-realist painting of a rose in black background. Artist: Lowell Blair Nesb...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Peach Lily on Beige Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Image Size: 40 x 29 inches Si...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Viola Adorata Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250 Image Size: 30 x 38 inches Size: 37...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Multicolor Iris Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Size: 36 x 25 in. (91.44 x 63.5 cm)

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Fruits on Rug I Year: 1978 Medium: Serigraph, Signed and Numbered in Pencil Edition: 145/175 Image Size: 26.5 x 30 inches ...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: White Iris on Blue II Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, HC Size: 32 in. x 26 in. (...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Bluebird Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, Signed and Numbered in Pencil Edition: AP 5/25 Image Size: 27.5 x 35.5 inches Fram...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: White and Violet Iris Year: 1982 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, AP 40 Image Size: 30 x 24 ...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Pink Monochrome XII Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 20...

This painting was created by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt. His most well known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he crea...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Roses Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, AP 40 Image Size: 28 x 20 inches Size: 35 ...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Two Yellow Irises on Sage I Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Two Yellow Irises on Sage II Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Editio...

STILL LIFE WITH GRAPES is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the American artist Lowell Nesbitt (b.1933-1993). Printed on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free using hand lithography techniques. STILL LIFE WITH GRAPES is a modern fruit still life depicting two bunches of plump green and red grapes, and green pear displayed on an Southwest style textile with Aztec pattern as a background. Vivid color combination of warm red, black, gray, yellow gold, light green, purple, burgundy and white. Outstanding visually appealing colors, classic still life composition, very fine impression, pencil signed by the artist. Print size - 21.5 x 28.25 inches, unframed, excellent condition Edition size - 175 Year published - 1978 Lowell Blair Nesbitt (October 4, 1933 - July 8, 1993) was an American painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor. He studied at Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia and at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Nesbitt worked in abstraction until Robert Indiana suggested in the early 1960s that he explore realism in his paintings. As subjects for his work he favored studio interiors, articles of clothing, piles of shoes, his Rottweiler, the Neo-Classical facades of 19th century cast iron buildings, and Manhattan's bridges. He was also famous for his enormous paintings and prints of roses, lilies, irises, and other flowers. He served as the official artist for the NASA Apollo 9, and Apollo 13 space missions; in 1976 the United States Navy commissioned him to paint a mural in the administration building on Treasure Island spanning 26 feet x 251 feet, then the largest mural in the United States; and in 1980 the United States Postal Service honored Lowell Nesbitt by issuing four postage stamps depicting his paintings. His first solo exhibition was mounted at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1958 and during his lifetime he had more than 130 solo exhibitions of his work at various galleries, museums, and universities, including the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Kent State University, the McNay Art Museum, the Butler Institute of American Art, the Burpee Art Museum, and the Tyler Gallery...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Iris on Silver Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Image Size: 22.5 in. diameter Size...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Parrot Tulip III Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Imag...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Yellow and Blue Iris Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, AP 40 Image Size: 24 inches...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Rose Monochrome Year: circa 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Image Size: 27 x 27 inches ...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Red Spotted Lily from the Stamps Series Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250 Image Siz...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Electric Tulip II Year: 1980 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 84 x 60 in. (213.36 x 152.4 cm)

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