English painter
Lionel Cowen |
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| Born | 1846 (1846) |
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| Died | August 1895 (1895-09) (aged 48) |
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| Relatives | Frederic Hymen Cowen (brother) |
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Lionel Jonas Cowen (1846 – August 1895) was an English painter, known for his portraits, genre scenes, and interiors.[1]
Cowen first exhibited in 1869 at the Suffolk Street Gallery.[1] He was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists, and regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy. He died of nephritis at sea in 1895, while on his way home from Hobart Town, Tasmania, where he had been for some years engaged in the practise of his art.[2]
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Jacobs, Joseph; Lipkind, Goodman (1903). "Cowen, Lionel". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 324–325.
