Rosalie Lowrey

American, 1893 - 1951

(not assigned)Dayton, Ohio, USA

BiographyRosalie Lowrey was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1893. She actually born Alice Rosalie Lowrey but decided to use only her middle name throughout her career. Painting was always a natural gift for her and was also a gifted musician. She was always drawing and painting and studied with the early members of the Montgomery County Art Association which had a close association with the Dayton Art Institute. Eventually she traveled to Philadelphia and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. From there she went to New York and studied at the Art Students League under famous artists Hugh Breckenridge and Cecelia Beaux who made the greatest impression on her as teachers. She also attended the Art Institute of Chicago and was greatly influenced by Director Oliver.

Lowrey often struggled to make ends meet at times, but later in life became the most famous portrait painter in the region. She actively taught classes at the Dayton Art Institute. She bought a house in the country with her sister, but, was never able to afford a car, so, she commuted by bus into Dayton to work. During her lifetime she was known as the 'Dean of Dayton Artists' by the Dayton residents. Rosalie Lowrey was known primarily as a portrait and still life painter, as well as, teacher.

Rosalie Lowrey was a charter member of the Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptors which was established in 1938. She was a member of the Montgomery Art Association, the National Association of Women Artists and Sculptors, the Ohio Watercolor Society, the Schroeder Foundation of Artists in St. Louis, Missouri, and the Dayton Art Institute.

She exhibited at the National Association of Women Artists and Sculptors 1934-1944, the Ohio Watercolor Society 1932, the Ohio Women Painters, and the Dayton Art Institute (including their traveling exhibitions).

Rosalie Lowrey died in Dayton on April 7, 1951 at the age of 58.
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