Will Hicok Low - An Arcadian Pool [1891]

Will Hicok Low, born in Albany, New York, in 1853, was a leading muralist and figurative painter who explored both Barbizon landscape and a colourful Victorian style. He studied with academic painter Jean-Leon Gerome from 1872-1877, in Paris. He was the second husband of artist Mary MacMonnies Low, and a friend of writer Robert Louis Stevenson. He was a member of the National Academy of Design, New York City, elected an Associate in 1888, and an Academician in 1890.