Industrial streets and mill scenes by Lowry

Who could imagine that in a population of three and a half thousand million inhabitants

, the work of L.S.Lowry would become instantly recognisable throughout the world. At the age of 88 years, Lowry died after falling ill to pneumonia. He passed into history like the scenes he portrayed. If he was a genius, it appeared to have brought him little joy and less comfort. He was a tall pear-shaped man, living alone, withdrawn, without ostentation, and for years he had tended to complain about his lack of privacy. He had many callers. Yawning to signify that he had become fatigued by the present situation. A Lowry yawn could be prodigious and it was an unmistakable signal: it meant he was ready to return to his solitude. Just before his birthday in November, he emerged from his front door, his feet scuffed in deep whirpools of autumn leaves that had gathered in his drive. He was in no good mood for birthdays. "Talk about it?" he said. "What is there to say? I'm 88, not 68 you know, and people are still coming, people, people..." His old house stone built and detatched, is at Mottram in Longdendale, near Stalybridge, Cheshire. When driving from Manchester to Barnsley, the town is almost unoticeable. Lowry lived modestly, even frugally, in spite of his success. There is no garden at the front to speak of; the lower windows were shielded by straggling privet... He often wore a clerical grey suit not in the most pristine condition... Being given an advert for one of his signed limited editions; "250 beautiful prints of 'On the sands' from a guaranteed limited issue of 500. A print signed by the artist L.S.Lowry is a good investment a shows a healthy increase over time..." "Is that what it was all about", he asked "investment..is investment the only meaning of art. he said. Sadness weighing heavy on his shoulders, yet charming, kind or distant as his mood would take. He could give a painting worth 30,000 to an art gallery, then complain about the government taking his money in taxes. He was harder than he appeared to be at first sight, much more shrewd. He had to be in his early years. Lowry was middle-aged before he achieved any real success. Which is why he complained. "People should have come before, that's when they should have come. They never came to see me then." He was an only child born in Manchester 1887, his father was an estate agent and his mother a talented musician. They were comfortably off. Lowry's teacher at Manchester regional college of art painted the industrial scene and showed him reproductions of the work of the impressionists The two influences were to shape Lowry's work. Drawn to the images of mills and factory workers around him.

Industrial streets and mill scenes by Lowry

By: David Tatham

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