Tulip - Nowell Nesbitt

Lowell Blair Nesbitt. US Artist (1933-1993). Graduate of the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia and also attended the Royal College of Art in London, where he worked in stained glass and etching. Nesbitt was best known for the very large images of irises, roses, lilies and other flowers, which he often depicted in close-up so that their petals seemed to fill the canvas. Dramatic, implicitly sexual and a little ominous, they earned the artist a popularity with the general public. In 1980 the United States Postal Service issued four stamps based on Mr. Nesbitt's floral paintings.

He exhibited frequently in both the United States and Europe and is represented in many public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.