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Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

American, 1933-1993

Lowell Nesbitt was one of the most celebrated and noted artists for his floral works of art. An artist with a highly personal style, he made realistic studies of many themes throughout his career. His most well-known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he created using the flower as a theme. Beginning with his first show in 1957, Nesbitt had more than 80 one-man shows. His painting, drawings and prints are included in the collections of many prestigious museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art in New York and the National Gallery of Fine Art in Washington, D.C.

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Artist: Lowell Nesbitt
Ten Lemons on Blue, Large Photorealist Painting by Lowell Blair Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lowell Blair Nesbitt's arrangement of lemons against a blue tablecloth is full of contrast and color. With light shining over the table and casting shadows across the cloth, the lemo...
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1970s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil

NASA, Apollo 9 Space Mission Series, Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: NASA, Apollo 9 Space Mission Series Year: 1970 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 26 x 18 inches Inscription: Signed, dated by the artist, verso No...
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1970s Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lemon White Lily, Still Life Oil Painting by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Lemon White Lily Year: 1982 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 26 x 26 in. (66.04 x 66.04 cm)
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1980s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil

Flowers 1978, Op Art Floral Oil Tempera on Board Roses Pop Art Large Painting
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Surfside, FL
Lowell Nesbitt (American, 1933-1993) Flower, 1978 tempera on board 60 1/2 x 40 1/2 inches. Provenance: Sold: Christie's East, May 18, 1999, Lot 224 Blair Nesbitt is an American p...
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1970s Pop Art Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Impossible Series, Lowell Nesbitt - Painting (66 x 162 inches)
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Impossible Series Year: 1987 Medium: Oil on canvas, triptych Size: 66 x 54 inches, each; 66 x 162, overall Inscription: Signed, dated by the...
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1980s Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Flower Painting by Lowell Nesbitt "Rose Iris", 1982
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Washington, DC
Oil painting by Lowell Nesbitt (1933 - 1993). Titled "Rose Iris" and dated 1982. Wonderful vibrant painting in excellent condition. In 1958...
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1980s Pop Art Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Nocturnal Lotus" SALE oil on canvas, 1981
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Lowell Nesbitt's paintings are in most major museum collections. He is the artist that NASA selected to commemorate the Apollo Moon missions over 50 years ago. In the 1950s he dabb...
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1980s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Crater Godin, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting on Canvas by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Crater Godin Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933–1993) Date: 1970 Oil on Canvas, signed, titled and dated verso Size: 66 x 65 in. (167.64 x 165.1 cm)
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lowell Nesbitt, "Tulipa Hybrida, " Photorealist Painting, 1976
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
This painting was created by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt. His most well-known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he crea...
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1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Yellow Rose, Monumental Painting by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil painting by Lowell Nesbitt from 1973. A very large scale, hyper-realist painting of a rose in black background. Artist: Lowell Blair Nesb...
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1970s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

XI Crocus Hyridus Hort
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
XI Crocus Hyridus Hort Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933–1993) Date: 1976 Oil on Canvas, signed, titled, and dated verso Size: 50 x 36 in. (127 x 91.44 cm)
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1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Gardenia, Photorealist Flower Painting by Lowell Blair Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
This painting was created by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt. His most well known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he crea...
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1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

White Lily, Photorealist Oil Painting on Canvas by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: White Lily Year: 1982 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 26 in. x 26 in. (66.04 cm x 66.04 cm)
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1970s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Two Parrot Tulips (Huge original painting)
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed, titled and dated on verso by Lowell Nesbitt. Canvas size 74 x 58 inches. Frame size approx 76 x 60 inches. Artwork is in excellent condi...
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1970s Contemporary Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Original 1970 Moon Painting Commissioned by NASA for the Apollo Moon mission
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Lowell Nesbitt's paintings can be found in most major museum collections. In addition to his financial and critical success of the 1960s which included many important museum exhibiti...
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1970s Contemporary Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

White Rose, Large Photorealist Oil Flower Painting by Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lowell Blair Nesbitt's crisp rendering of a white rose is emblematic of the artist's realistic style and emphasis on light. Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Tit...
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1970s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil

Five Anemones, Photorealist Oil on Canvas Painting Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
This painting was created by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt. His most well known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he crea...
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1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

The Winter Iris, Large Flower Painting by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lowell Blair Nesbitt's depiction of a snowy-white iris framed by a slate-colored background and border is reflective of the artist's realistic style. Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, ...
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1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Impossible Series (Garden with Peacock), Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Impossible Series (Garden with Peacock) Year: 1986 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 81 x 104 inches Inscription: Signed, dated by the artist, ver...
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1980s Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“Brooklyn Bridge”
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Warren, NJ
Probably one of lowells best pieces. In good condition . Oil on canvas. Measures 50x34
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1970s Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil

Impossible Series (Iris), Lowell Nesbitt - Painting (60 x 100 inches)
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Impossible Series (Iris) Year: 1983 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 60 x 100 inches Inscription: Signed, dated by the artist, verso LOWELL NESB...
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1980s Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

X-Ray Series (with Lily), Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: X-Ray Series (with Lily) Year: 1964 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 44 x 36 inches Inscription: Signed, dated by the artist, verso Notes: Lowell...
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1960s Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“Studio Bottles”
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Warren, NJ
with Edwin A Ulrich Museum of Art label to verso Measurements Frame: 46 1/2 by 50 1/4 inches Weight 11 lbs Condition with stain to upper right, some areas of vertical cracking to ...
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20th Century Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil

Robe Series, Lowell Nesbitt - Painting (75 x 117 inches)
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Robe Series Year: 1974 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 75 x 117 inches Inscription: Signed, dated by the artist, verso LOWELL NESBITT (1933-199...
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1970s Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Impossible Series (Mountain in Winter), Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Impossible Series (Mountain in Winter) Year: 1982 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 78 x 104 inches Inscription: Signed, dated by the artist, vers...
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1980s Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Impossible Series (Horse with Knight), Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Impossible Series (Horse with Knight) Year: 1983 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 69 x 99 inches Inscription: Signed, dated by the artist, verso ...
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1980s Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Studio Series (Chair with Sheet and Brick Wall), Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Studio Series (Chair with Sheet and Brick Wall) Year: 1979 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 78 x 114 inches Inscription: Signed, dated by the art...
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1970s Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Impossible Series (Garden of Eden), Lowell Nesbitt-Painting (70 x 153.5 inches)
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Impossible Series (Garden of Eden) Year: 1986 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 70 x 153.5 inches Inscription: Signed, dated by the artist, verso ...
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1980s Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Light Lavender Iris, Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Light Lavender Iris Year: 1984 Medium: Oil on linen Size: 40 x 30 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed, dated, titled by the arti...
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1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Linen, Oil

Impossible Series (Stone Leigh), Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Impossible Series (Stone Leigh) Year: 1984 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 18 x 18 inches Inscription: Signed, dated by the artist, verso LOWEL...
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1980s Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Impossible Series (Owl), Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Impossible Series (Owl) Year: 1985 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 20 x 20 inches Inscription: Signed, dated by the artist, verso LOWELL NESBIT...
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1980s Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Animal Series (Rottweiler Dog with Flowers), Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Animal Series (Rottweiler Dog with Flowers) Year: 1986 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 30.25 x 22 inches Inscription: Signed, dated by the artis...
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1980s Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Green Oval, Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Green Oval Year: 1962 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 48 x 28 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signed, dated, titled by the artist, verso LO...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lemons and Limes on Quilt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt Title: Lemons and Limes on Quilt Year: 1988 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 39 in. x 48 in. (99.06 cm x 121.92 cm) Frame Size: 40.25 ...
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1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lowell Nesbitt Oil Painting, Iris on Dark Grey, 1968
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Phoenix, AZ
A beautiful example by well-known artist Lowell Nesbitt featuring dramatic pale Irises on a dark grey ground. Image size: 22" H x 34" W. Simply framed. In mint condition. Signed, tit...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Paint

Island of Red Flowers
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Island of Red Flowers Year: 1979 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed, titled and dated verso Size: 7...
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1970s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil

Vegetables, Photorealist Painting by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Vegetables Year: 1978 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 30 in. x 40 in. (76....
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1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Pink Rose, Realist Flower Painting by Lowell Nesbitt 1976
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
A beautiful realist painting of a rose by American Artist, Lowell Nesbitt who was great inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe. Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, Ameri...
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1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Two Violet Roses 1974, Op Art Floral Oil on Canvas Painting
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Surfside, FL
Lowell Blair Nesbitt is an American painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor. Although he worked in a variety of media and covered a wide range of subjects throughout his career, he is best known for his large, Photorealist botanical paintings. Born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1933, Nesbitt earned a degree from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University. Later, he also studied at London’s Royal Academy of Arts. Working in stained glass and etching and also producing abstract paintings in his early career, a 1962 encounter with artist Robert Indiana led him to steer his aesthetic toward realism. Though he held his first solo show at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1958, it was his 1964 debut at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. that would truly bring him to the attention of the art world. In this exhibit, his botanical series of paintings, drawings, and prints captivated the art world and public alike. The game-changing Corcoran Gallery show would send his career down the trajectory of sustained success. In 1976, Nesbitt moved from his New York City West 14th Street studio to a massive space located at 389 West 12th Street. The 12,500 square foot living and workspace supplied ample room for creating his enormous paintings (the largest was more than 30 feet long), but it also bragged an indoor swimming pool, a four-story atrium, and a rooftop area for entertaining. “The Old Stable,” as Nesbitt came to call it, soon became a popular hangout for celebrities, dignitaries, and other art world heavy hitters. Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Robert Motherwell, Larry Rivers, and James Rosenquist were all known to have frequented The Old Stable or to have at least paid a visit. Throughout his long career, Nesbitt was known as an artist who could successfully capture an array of diverse subject matter using a variety of techniques. Creating beyond his signature Photorealistic flowers and botanicals, Nesbitt produced paintings, drawings, and prints of everything from landscapes to reptiles to electronic components. He is even credited as the first artist to use computer parts as artistic subject matter. In 1980, the United States Postal Service honored his contributions to the art world with a series of four stamps based on his trademark floral paintings. Another unique honor arrived when Nesbitt became the official artist for NASA’s Apollo 9 and Apollo 13...
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1970s Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Stream, Oil on Canvas Painting by Lowell Nesbitt, 1982
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
This painting was created by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt. His most well known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he crea...
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1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Red Rose on Carpet, Photorealist Oil Painting on Canvas by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
A photorealistic red rose set against a backdrop that resembles a carpet or a cross-stitch pattern. This large oil on canvas painting is nicely set into a gold frame with thin white ...
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1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Shadow Iris" Oil on Canvas 24x24" dark grays, violet and plum color tones
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Lowell Nesbitt's paintings are in most major museum collections. In the 1950s he dabbled in Abstract Expressionism for a short time. However, It wasn’t until 1962, that he created ...
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1980s Realist Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Electric Tulip II
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Electric Tulip II Year: 1980 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 84 x 60 in....
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1970s Op Art Lowell Nesbitt Paintings

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Oil

Lowell Nesbitt paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Lowell Nesbitt paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of paintings to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, pink, red and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Lowell Nesbitt in oil paint, paint, canvas and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the Photorealist style. Not every interior allows for large Lowell Nesbitt paintings, so small editions measuring 20 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Lynette Cook, Anthony Mastromatteo, and Mimi Jensen. Lowell Nesbitt paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $3,600 and tops out at $125,000, while the average work can sell for $15,950.

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