"Cartoon Illustration – Life Magazine"   Lot no. 1009

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By Orson Byron Lowell (1871-1956)

1910 (Estimated)
32.50" x 19.00"
Pen and Ink on Board
Signed Lower Center
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Cartoon Illustration- Life Magazine ca. 1910. Man Pursued by Crowd on Beach. "Americans who are demure enough at home sometimes develop unexpected speed abroad. The man Jones, of Boston, for instance, at Ostend. He's evidently been up to some mischief." Conservation Glass. Thanhardt-Burger Frame.



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ABOUT THE ARTIST

 

Orson Byron Lowell was the son of the landscape painter, Milton H. Lowell, and his father encouraged his early efforts by expecting him to draw something every day. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago classes in 1887, remaining as a student and then as an instructor until 1893, when he moved to New York to enter the illustration field.

   He found immediate success there and worked for most of the top magazines, including The Century, Scribner’s, McClure’s, The Harper’s publications, Puck, Judge, Collier’s and the Curtis magazines in Philadelphia. He also illustrated many books. In 1907 he became a member of the Life staff and was a prolific contributor for many years, often featured with humorous centerfold double-spread pen and inks.

   Lowell maintained studios in New York and in New Rochelle, and was a member of the Society of Illustrators, the Players, the Dutch Treat Club, the Cliff Dwellers (of Chicago), and the New Rochelle Art Association.