Monday, April 14, 2014

L is for Lowry


Week 3 of the A to Z April Challenge, here we go.

I have a friend who is not particularly into art, he happens to be from England.  One day we were talking about art/painting, and he showed me the below image.  He said "this is how I feel".  That was my introduction to LS Lowry.


Man Lying on a Wall, 1957

Laurence Stephen Lowry is a British painter who lived from 1887-1976.  He is known for his paintings of industrial landscapes in England.  He has been dubbed the maker of "match-stick men".  His paintings often recorded the inner life of British industrialism.  He worked full-time his entire life and painted at night after work.  

Going to Work, 1943

4 comments:

  1. His painting certainly conveys the feeling of being there in that moment.
    Cool "L"...after looking at these two pieces of Lowry's and looking at your L again, it looks like the tip of Lowry's cigarette...the burning embers.

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  2. Yes! What a great post for me to visit on! I love Lowry, when I was a child I was obsessed with his interpretation of the world around him. He lived in Middlesbrough, which is where my husband comes from, so I got to see all the places he painted. You chose a couple of lovely pieces :)
    Happy A-Z'ing.
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  3. I like the feeling in his painting - you can catch his mood somehow

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  4. I'd never heard of him but I like these 2 pictures, esp. the top one.

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