L.S. Lowry is one of my favourite artists, since growing up with a print of one of his paintings in our house (see last painting). I still haven't been to the gallery in Salford where a lot of his work hangs, but saw one painting in the Tate many years ago which blew me away. He is such an important artist in terms of capturing the atmosphere and industrial landscapes of past times. His style is reminiscent of many British 'naive' painters of the 20th century.
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Industrial Landscape 1955 oil on canvas
The Canal Bridge
Clifford's Tower
Factories, Lancashire
The Fever Van
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Industrial Landscape (Ashton-under-Lyne)
This painting has special significance for me and possibly is the reason I like Lowry so much.... it was on the wall of the stairwell of our house for most of my childhood, so I looked at it several times a day as I went past. I used to stand and study it trying to imagine the landscape for real and what it would be like actually being in the landscape. Seems to have had a lasting impression!
images from tate, national galleries of scotland, manchester events guide, national museums liverpool
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I live in New Zealand but grew up in Ashton Under Lyne. That picture brought back a flood of memories, a copy used to hang on the hall wall at Waterloo Primary school. If you were naughty you had to stand before the whole school, looking at it. I got to know it quite well!
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