Lota Bowen (1872–1935) was a British painter. She was a member of the

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(and its sometime president), the

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, and the 91 Art Club, a Chelsea club for women artists. Born in Armley, Yorkshire, she studied in Ludovici's studio

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; later in

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under Santoro and in the night classes of the Circolo Artistico. Her pictures are principally landscapes and mainly in private collections. Among the most noted are: ''On the Venetian Lagoons''; ''Old Stone Pines, Lido, Venice''; ''Evening on Lake Lugano''; ''Evening Glow Dolomites''; ''The Old Bird Fancier''; and ''Moonrise on Crowborough, Sussex''; all exhibited at the

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. She also painted portraits and figure subjects and was noted for her "broad swinging brush and great love of 'tone'".Clara Erskine Clement. ''Women in the Fine Arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century AD''. Echo Library, 2007,

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1872 births 1935 deaths 19th-century British painters 20th-century British painters Artists from Leeds {{UK-painter-19thC-stub