L. S. Lowry’s first solo exhibition in London was held in 1939 at the Lefevre Art Gallery. By this time, he had begun to see success as a painter and had sold many of his paintings. His second exhibition at the Lefevre was cancelled due to World War II and he could exhibit there again only in 1943.
10/28/2020 · L.S. Lowry, in full Laurence Stephen Lowry, (born November 1, 1887, Manchester, England—died February 23, 1976, Glossop, Derbyshire), English painter noted for his industrial landscapes that express the bleakness and loneliness of modern urban life. Lowry studied intermittently at art schools in Manchester and Salford, England, from 1905 to 1925. He painted in his free time.
7/3/2019 · L. S. Lowry (November 1, 1887–February 23, 1976) was a 20th-century English painter. He is most famous for his paintings of life in the bleak industrial areas of northern England, done in muted colors and featuring numerous small figures or matchstick men.
Lowry twice declined appointment to the Order of the British Empire, as an Officer (OBE) in 1955, and as a Commander (CBE) in 1961. He was given the freedom of the city of Salford in 1965. He turned down a knighthood in 1968, and appointments to the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) in 1972 and 1976.
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In 1953, he was appointed Official Artist at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II .
In 1957 an unrelated 13-year-old schoolgirl called Carol Ann Lowry wrote to him at her mother’s urging to ask his advice on becoming an artist.
In 1964, the art world celebrated his 77th birthday with an exhibition of his work and that of 25 contemporary artists who had submitted tributes at Monk’s Hall Museum, Eccles .
Lowry’s painting Coming Out of School was depicted on a postage stamp of highest denomination in a series issued by the Post Office depicting great British artists in 1968.
In January 1968 rock band Status Quo paid tribute to Lowry in their first hit single Pictures of Matchstick Men.
Lowry died of pneumonia at the Woods Hospital in Glossop , Derbyshire , on 23 February 1976, aged 88.
Portrait of Ann, Coming from the Mill, Britain at Play, Coming from the Mill, Cranes and Ships, Glasgow.
Mrs Lowry & Son, Sheila Fell, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Andy Warhol
