I often think That would be the end of it all. Lowry painted a number of seascapes in the s, s and s. Free of human beings, they are testament to the immeasurable power and presence of nature. Despite working full-time as a rent collector, Lowry enjoyed much recognition for his art in his lifetime. He had his first solo show in London in at the Lefevre Gallery in Mayfair; he was elected a Royal Academician in ; and he served as a visiting tutor at the prestigious Slade School of Fine Art.
In , Lowry was even offered a knighthood, but he turned it down. In , as he started to earn good money as a painter, Lowry moved to the affluent village of Mottram in Longdendale, near Manchester. He also began collecting work by artists he admired, particularly the Pre-Raphaelite Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Sign up today.
Lowry died in , at the age of Unmarried and childless, he left behind a host of paintings and drawings by Rossetti.
After years of painting and exhibiting in and around Manchester and Salford, Lowry received his first one-man exhibition in London in and went on to national fame. He died aged 88 in just months before a retrospective exhibition opened at the Royal Academy. His mother, Elizabeth, was a talented pianist. By the family were living in Victoria Park, a leafy suburb in south Manchester, but in financial difficulties necessitated a move to Pendlebury, an industrial area between Manchester and Bolton.
After leaving school Lowry took a job as a clerk with a Manchester firm of chartered accountants, Thomas Aldred and Son. In , after being made redundant from a second job, he became rent collector and clerk for the Pall Mall Property Company and stayed there until his retirement in As a child he had enjoyed drawing, and he used part of his income to pay for private painting lessons with the artists William Fitz and Reginald Barber. In he began attending evening classes at Manchester Municipal College of Art.
His tutor in the life drawing class there was the Frenchman Adolphe Valette, who brought first-hand knowledge of the Impressionists, such as Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro to his classes. One of his tutors there, Bernard Taylor art critic for the Manchester Guardian advised Lowry that his paintings were too dark. In response, Lowry tried painting on a pure white background, a technique he was to retain for the rest of his career.
He had begun to see the possibilities of painting what he saw on his doorstep, rather than more conventional landscapes based on the countryside nearby. Throughout the s Lowry developed his theme of painting the industrial scene and probably produced more work in this decade than in any other. He exhibited widely with various societies, including the New English Art Club and the Society of Modern Painters, as well as in Paris, but no works were sold.
By he had produced what he described as his most characteristic mill scene — Coming from the Mill, now in the Lowry Collection, Salford. Lowry died of pneumonia at the Woods Hospital in Glossop, Derbyshire in , not long after a stroke he had suffered in his own home.
He was buried in a plot next to his parents in the Southern Cemetery in Manchester. In , shortly after his death, a career retrospective of Lowry's work was staged at the Royal Academy. It drew more than , visitors; an all-time attendance record for a twentieth century artist at the Academy. The exhibition divided critics, however. Some praised him as a significant artist with a unique vision; others dismissing him as solely a social commentator.
What is not in doubt is that Lowry has achieved great popularity with the British public. The same qualities that make him popular are those that cause him to be less seriously celebrated by the artistic establishment". Whatever the critical reservations, there can be no disputing the fact that Lowry has entered the hearts and minds of the British public.
Lowry's appeal was confirmed shortly after his death when a pop song dedicated to his memory, Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs Lowry's Song written and performed by the folk duo Brian and Michael reached No. In , a dedicated Lowry art gallery opened in Salford Quays, and is home now to over fifty of his paintings and close to three hundred drawings.
The feature film Mrs. Lowry and Son followed in to fine critical notices. The film explored the central relationship in Lowry's life with the mother who he always thought he had failed as a son. And it was this lifetime of loneliness, regret and solitude that has helped breath added pathos into his vision of industrial northern England. Content compiled and written by Alexandra Duncan. Edited and revised, with Summary and Accomplishments added by Antony Todd.
The Art Story. Ways to support us. Died: February 23, - Glossop, Derbyshire, England. Movements and Styles: Existentialism in Modern Art. Overview and Artworks. Chinese Lantern and Oranges This impressive still life was produced by a year-old Lowry while at Manchester School of Art. And we didn't all come out like Titian, sir! Going to Work Following a comment from a journalist that his painting were too dour, Lowry took to painting urban scenes against white backgrounds and eliminating all shadows.
The Man with Red Eyes It was painted the year his beloved mother was dying and it reveals the artist's tortured state of mind. Portrait of Ann Her identity has always been a subject of speculation. Given the date, some have speculated that this image was inspired by Carol Ann Lowry no relation , the schoolgirl who wrote to him asking for his advice and who went on to become the artist's closest friend.
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