An unframed, but matted gouache and ink wash painting by American artist Orson Byron Lowell (1871-1956). It depicts the interior of a Bird Fancier Shop, where a woman behind the desk cleans a bird cage while a grandfather watches his grandson looking at potential pets. The piece features outstanding detail of light & shadow through the fundamentals of art. It is lightly signed in the bottom right corner of the painting.

Dimensions: (sight) 18h x 16w inches

Orson Lowell was an American artist best known for his work often featured in magazines. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and later moved to New York City in 1893 to begin his career. In 1905, he found enough success to buy a home in New Rochelle, New York. Shortly thereafter it became an art colony after Norman Rockwell, Edward Penfield, and others moved into the neighborhood. By 1907, he was nationally recognized for his cartoons with a social messages featured in LIFE, Cosmopolitan, Ladies' Home Journal, Metropolitan Life, The Saturday Evening Post, Scribner's, Vogue, and Woman's Home Companion. Following his passing in 1956, former president of the New Rochelle Art Association, Fell Sharp said, “Mr. Lowell did for American society what Frederick Remington did for the Southwest and Toulouse-Lautrec did for the music halls of Paris. He was an artist with a reporter’s nose for a good story”.

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Overall good antique condition. Underneath the mat there is handling wear around the edges of the painting. There is also handling wear and browning visible on the mat window. No further wear or restoration revealed under blacklight. Please see photos.