Ls lowry

The Arrest, 1927 L S Lowry

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LS Lowry's paintings of industrial, working-class Britain brought him popular fame in the UK, but his works were never the subject of a solo exhibition abroad - until now.

The Mancunian painter’s famous images of working life stemmed from an ambition ‘to put the industrial scene on the map’

The town of Wick is in Caithness in the far north of Scotland and the steps in the painting were part of Thomas Telford's 1809 scheme for the new town plan for the British Fisheries Society. Lowry's work is commemorated on an engraved plaque at the site. Lowry, one of the best loved British painters of the 20th Century, had an isolated upbringing in northern England. He spent many solitary early years in the leafy Manchester suburb of Victoria Park, Rusholm, later moving to the town of…

Image source: BBC news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4716240.stm UPDATE: THE BURY LOWRY CONTROVERSY A flickr petition group has been formed to protest the Bury Lowry sale at Christies: PETITION to call for Bury Metropolitan Borough Council to reverse its decision for the sale of its painting The Riverbank by L.S. Lowry at Christies on 17th November 2006 [Initial background links] [1] news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4716240.stm Last Updated: Wednesday, 15 February 2006, 13:18 GMT…

York Art Gallery reopens to the public after an £8m redevelopment - although it is no longer free for everyone to visit.

Oil on canvas board; 34.7 x 24.6 cm. L.S. Lowry was an English painter noted for his industrial landscapes that express the bleakness and loneliness of modern urban life. He studied intermittently at art schools in Manchester and Salford, England, from 1905 to 1925. He painted in his free time while working at a Manchester real-estate company, where he was employed from 1910 to 1952. In 1915 Lowry became interested in depicting the industrial landscapes of Salford, Manchester, and other…

This rare painting of Glasgow by artist LS Lowry features in our selection of work from the Wakefield Permanent art collection.

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