An unframed, but matted gouache and ink wash painting by American artist Orson Byron Lowell (1871-1956). It depicts, what appears to be, a members Social Lodge. Some men are adding wood to the fire in the foreground, while further are gathered at a table and around the balconies conversing with each other around the background. It is signed by the artist in the bottom left corner of the image. 

Dimensions: (sight) 13.75h x 19w 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, the painting has full margins where there is light handling wear. There is further handling wear around the mat window, including two staples through the top, center margin that goes through the painting's margin and back mat board. The staples do not impede the image. No further wear or restoration was revealed under blacklight. Please see photos.