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. Lownes studied at the

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and at the

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in Paris. She was a pupil of

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. She exhibited work at the

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; from 1885 to 1887 catalogs gave her address as

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, Pennsylvania, but in later years she was said to have moved to 1708 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Lownes exhibited her work at the

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and The Woman's Building at the 1893

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in Chicago, Illinois. A ''Study of Apples'' dated to before 1890 was included in the inaugural exhibition of the

National Museum of Women in the Arts The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, D.C., is "the first museum in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. Since openin ...

, ''American Women Artists 1830-1930'', in 1987.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lownes, Anna 19th-century American painters 19th-century American women artists 20th-century American painters 20th-century American women artists American women painters American still life painters People from Media, Pennsylvania Artists from Philadelphia Painters from Pennsylvania Philadelphia School of Design for Women alumni Académie Delécluse alumni 1842 births 1910 deaths