Artist, painter, author, partner in Low, Hastings & Co. of New York City. He studied at the Ecole des Beau-Arts in Paris, France where he met Augustus Saint-Gaudens in 1877 and helped him complete an altarpiece for a New York church. He painted a famous oil of Saint Gaudens. After returning to America, he established himself as an innovative illustrator, decorative painter and eventually as one of America’s foremost muralists. Low worked for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing during the 1890’s and created numerous designs for currency including the beautiful engraved Chicago Columbian Exposition Certificate. He executed a 26’ by 34’ ceiling mural and 20 panels for the great ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. He also painted a famous version of Madonna, Christmas Morn, which is located in the Smithsonian National Gallery of Art. Other works of his are displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Historical Society, Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Museum of Quebec. Low created decorative work for John La Farge and H.H. Richardson. Thirty-two murals in the New York State Education Building (1913-1918) and the Legislative Library in Albany were executed by him. His painting Narcissus is in the Louvre in Paris, France. He was a close friend and companion of author Robert Lewis Stevenson.
Artist, painter, author, partner in Low, Hastings & Co. of New York City. He studied at the Ecole des Beau-Arts in Paris, France where he met Augustus Saint-Gaudens in 1877 and helped him complete an altarpiece for a New York church. He painted a famous oil of Saint Gaudens. After returning to America, he established himself as an innovative illustrator, decorative painter and eventually as one of America’s foremost muralists. Low worked for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing during the 1890’s and created numerous designs for currency including the beautiful engraved Chicago Columbian Exposition Certificate. He executed a 26’ by 34’ ceiling mural and 20 panels for the great ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. He also painted a famous version of Madonna, Christmas Morn, which is located in the Smithsonian National Gallery of Art. Other works of his are displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Historical Society, Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Museum of Quebec. Low created decorative work for John La Farge and H.H. Richardson. Thirty-two murals in the New York State Education Building (1913-1918) and the Legislative Library in Albany were executed by him. His painting Narcissus is in the Louvre in Paris, France. He was a close friend and companion of author Robert Lewis Stevenson.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
