Artist

Elsie Motz Lowdon

born Waco, TX 1883-died Ft. Worth, TX 1960
Also known as
  • Elsie M. Lowdon
Born
Waco, Texas, United States
Died
Ft. Worth, Texas, United States
Active in
  • New York, New York, United States
Biography

Elsie Motz Lowdon spent her youth in Texas before moving to New York City to further her career as an artist. There, she studied with fellow miniaturists Lucia Fairchild Fuller and Elsie Pattee. Lowdon exhibited widely in Texas, New York, and Washington, D.C., and had works included in the Texas Centennial Exhibition of 1936. She painted members of the Blaffer and Hobby families in Houston, and numerous interiors and genre scenes featuring prominent sitters and family members.

Works by this artist (5 items)

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Esphyr Slobodkina, As Indicated, ca. 1945, paper on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost, 1986.92.93
As Indicated
Artist
Dateca. 1945
paper on paper mounted on paperboard
Not on view
Esphyr Slobodkina, Variation in Black-and-White, from the American Abstract Artists 50th Anniversary Print Portfolio 1987, 1987, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of American Abstract Artists, 1987.52.40
Variation in Black-and-White, from the American Abstract…
Artist
Date1987
lithograph on paper
Not on view
Esphyr Slobodkina, Untitled, from the portfolio American Abstract Artists, 1937, offset lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost, 1986.92.114.27
Untitled, from the portfolio American Abstract Artists
Artist
Date1937
offset lithograph on paper
Not on view
Esphyr Slobodkina, Spring #3, ca. 1948, oil on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost, 1986.92.94
Spring #3
Artist
Dateca. 1948
oil on fiberboard
Not on view