Lowell Nesbitt
American painter, 1933–1993
In 1969, Lowell Nesbitt was invited to participate in the NASA Art Program, which began in 1962 to encourage artists to document and interpret space exploration. Nesbitt focused his project on the first moon landing by the astronauts of Apollo 11. The artist produced a series of lithographs based on photographs taken during the July 1969 mission and accompanied these iconic images with a page of quotations from American astronauts.
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American painter, illustrator, author, 1895–1976
American illustrator and painter, 1867–1944
American painter and printmaker, 1859–1935
American painter and printmaker, 1837–1915
American cartoonist, 1898–1960
