LOW, WILL HICOCK ( 1853— ) . An American illustrator, figure and genre painter. He was born May 31, 1853, at Albany, N. Y. His early education was interrupted by ill health, but in 1870 he went to New York, and for two years illustrated for different magazines. He went to Paris in 1873, studying with (4(.1%1nm at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and later with Carolns-Duran. His work was also influenced by association with Millet and other painters at Barbizon. Ileturn ing to America in 1877, he was elected member of the Society of American Artists in 1878, and an Academician in 1890, being instructor of the life elasses at the National Academy from 1889 to 1892. lle worked with John La Fa rge in glass painting, and received a second-class medal at the Paris Exposition in 1889.
Low is best known by his illustrations for the periodicals, his decorative work for public build ings, and his work.
shows grace of line, delicate color. and good com position. He represents American life and char acter in a realistic way, while his ideal subjects of gods and nymphs are painted with great charm of color reflections in light and shade. The fol lowing are some of his most important works: "Portrait of Albani" (1877) : (1882) ; "Telling the Bees" (1885) ; "May Blossoms" (ISSN) (Smith College. Northampton, Mass.) ; "Brookside" (1890) ; "My Lady" (Lotus Club, New York) ; "Front Yard" (1891) ; "Aurora" (1894) ; "Spring" (1895) ; "Homage to Venus," mural painting (Waldorf-Astoria, New York) ; "Mother and Child," stained-glass window (Rock Creek Chtireh, Washington) ten stained-glass windows for Saint Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, Newark, N. J.; illustrations for Keats's Lamia and Odes and Sonnets.