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.
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| 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.
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| Going to Work, 1943 |
His painting certainly conveys the feeling of being there in that moment.
ReplyDeleteCool "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.
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 :)
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I like the feeling in his painting - you can catch his mood somehow
ReplyDeleteI'd never heard of him but I like these 2 pictures, esp. the top one.
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