{"title":"L.S. Lowry","description":"\u003cp\u003eL.S. Lowry (1887–1976) was one of Britain's most distinctive and beloved artists, celebrated for his evocative depictions of industrial life in the north of England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn Laurence Stephen Lowry in Stretford, Lancashire, he spent much of his life in Salford, working as a rent collector while quietly developing his unique artistic vision in his spare time. His paintings are instantly recognisable for their muted, almost monochromatic palettes of whites and greys, punctuated by the spindly \"matchstick\" figures that populate his smoky townscapes of mill towns, factories, and crowded streets. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough largely self-taught and long overlooked by the art establishment, Lowry was eventually recognised as a major figure in twentieth century British art, turning down a knighthood and five other honours in characteristically modest fashion. His work captures a vanishing world of working class community and industrial graft with a strange, melancholic poetry that continues to resonate long after the mills he painted have fallen silent.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"st-simons-church","title":"St. Simon's Church","description":"\u003cp\u003eLowry made his initial sketch of St Simon’s Church in 1927 at his father’s suggestion. Generally, Robert Lowry expressed little interest in his son’s work but thought that this building, due for demolition, might appeal to him. When Lowry returned to the site, a month after making his sketch, the church had in fact been demolished.\n\u003cbr\u003eThe related painting in The L.S. Lowry collection in Salford, A Street Scene (St Simon’s Church), was completed in the following year. This print of St Simon's Church was published in 1972 by Grove Galleries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"L.S Lowry (1887-1976)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57051819213174,"sku":"INV-LOWL-0014","price":4450.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0086\/0884\/1833\/files\/4181e137-fcc7-49fc-ac78-afc7dfa7f66c-l.jpg?v=1768299888"},{"product_id":"view-of-a-town","title":"View of a Town","description":"\u003cp\u003eL. S. Lowry’s lithograph, View Of A Town from 1973, shows an industrial vista, seen from a high point in the town, with people walking along the pavement in the very foreground of the image. The print shows many features typical of Lowry’s work such as smoking chimneys, terraced houses and figures from all walks of life going about their daily business.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eElements of this print convey a sense of realism, but like many of Lowry’s works, this is a composite image. Lowry’s paintings were fundamentally composed from a variety of repeated motifs, growing increasingly sentimental as his career went on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the composition stretches further back, the industrial buildings seem to be piled on top of one another, as the scene moves down the hill of the town. Black smoke from the mills merge into the sky and clouds, and there seems to be no distinction between the natural and the industrial. There is an unclean, smoke-filled atmosphere to this scene due to Lowry’s use of colour and the figures appear to be naturalised within the industrial environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Mainstone publications in 1973 and stamped with the Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"L.S Lowry (1887-1976)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57053528916342,"sku":"INV-LOWL-0006","price":4250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0086\/0884\/1833\/files\/b751ec27-8a6c-4067-8ecb-b9f984f1ecca-l.jpg?v=1768311653"},{"product_id":"station-approach","title":"Station Approach","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Mancunian band Elbow recorded a song named Station Approach, partly inspired by this painting. It is about the lead singer Guy Garvy’s excitement at coming home on the train to the station in Manchester. Lowry, a lover of trains and a dedicated Mancunian, one feels, would have approved. The station depicted in the picture has been demolished and the city centre has changed from the simple charm of Lowry’s vision. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe slightly cockeyed perspective and overlarge train make this one of Lowry’s more naive paintings. Although he became a guest lecturer at the Slade School of Art and his favourite artist was the highly polished and romantic Gabrielle Rosetti, Lowry remained resolutely childish in his depiction of scenes throughout his career, often saying “I only paint what I see, you know”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by the Adam collection and \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"L.S Lowry (1887-1976)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57053532848502,"sku":"INV-LOWL-0007","price":4990.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0086\/0884\/1833\/files\/5d78c64c-40fe-4fb5-b4f8-22094b309ada-l.jpg?v=1768311681"},{"product_id":"ferry-boats","title":"Ferry Boats","description":"\u003cp\u003eLowry’s fascination with the sea is well documented and upon retiring in the 1950s he began to spend more time in the North East of England, often staying at the Seaburn Hotel in Sunderland, not far from South Shields. Here Lowry could explore his passion of seascapes. ‘Ferry Boats’ was painted in 1960 and mixes Lowry’s famous industrial crowds with a seascape. \n\u003cbr\u003eEven when he was not situated in a city setting, Lowry's fascination was always the friction between the frenetic hustle and bustle of human life, and the ever present reminder of industry and progress. We see the familiar motifs of billowing smoke and tram lines as a backdrop to swathes of people with Lowry's characteristic blank skies.\n\u003cbr\u003ePublished by Venture prints in 1972 and stamped by the fine art trade guild.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"L.S Lowry (1887-1976)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57053537075574,"sku":"INV-LOWL-0010","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0086\/0884\/1833\/files\/77e3d204-bb45-44f8-b02a-1a5dc0e74e69-l.jpg?v=1768311713"},{"product_id":"our-town","title":"Our Town","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of Lowry's most iconic Industrial Town paintings, Our Town bears all the hallmarks Lowry was famous for. Swathes of figures frenetically going about their daily lives, set against a backdrop of chimney stacks, billowing smoke and a dense vista of industrial architecture.\n\u003cbr\u003eIt is one of the best examples of Lowry's signature limited colour palette of ivory, black, vermilion red,Prussian blue, yellow ochre and flake white.\n\u003cbr\u003eThe original painting of the same title, hangs on display at Touchstones Art Gallery, Rochdale, UK\n\u003cbr\u003ePublished by Grove Galleries in 1972 and stamped by the fine art trade guild.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"L.S Lowry (1887-1976)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57053540843894,"sku":"INV-LOWL-0011","price":7599.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0086\/0884\/1833\/files\/57176bd0-1b62-469e-9e77-f1d1725b775a-l.jpg?v=1768311744"},{"product_id":"the-harbour","title":"The Harbour","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Original painting for Harbour was painted by Lowry in 1957, when he was in his mid-60s. 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It was painted in 1954 and exhibited at The Royal Academy in 1976 mere months after Lowry's death. The signed limited edition was published by Venture Prints Ltd. in 1974 and is Fine Art Trade Guild Blindstamped.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"L.S Lowry (1887-1976)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57054395138422,"sku":"INV-LOWL-0002","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0086\/0884\/1833\/files\/b7deaa21-0998-42fe-b87f-1258cc763616-l.jpg?v=1768326385"},{"product_id":"lonely-house","title":"Lonely House","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Lonely House is a sparsely populated print based on the 1926 drawing “House on Clifton”, which is currently at the city of Salford Art Gallery. As one of Lowry’s more serene landscapes- away from the busy industrial scenes “The Lonely House” pulls together the signature colour pallet of white skies and rusty red architecture. But, this time revealing the space around the subject. The period for this artwork’s creation is a time that is said to be one of the loneliest for the artist. Lowry described the period of painting as a time filled with” stress and tension” and that the works created within that time were “all based on myself”. A related anecdote for the piece is when Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw, Mayor of Manchester between 1975 – 76, who met Lowry in 1967 at dinner told him she had purchased this painting. 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The library was officially opened by King George V on 17 July 1934.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the prices of original Lowry paintings continue to soar, so too has demand for his signed prints. The number of limited editions released during Lowry’s lifetime was relatively small and many have long since disappeared, well before owners realised their financial potential.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"L.S Lowry (1887-1976)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57054402314614,"sku":"INV-LOWL-0004","price":3995.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0086\/0884\/1833\/files\/a4def379-0fb2-4b30-838d-1c1a3970fa0b-l.jpg?v=1768326566"},{"product_id":"great-ancoats-street","title":"Great Ancoats Street","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs a rent collector for nearly 40 years, LS. Lowry had access to parts of Manchester and Salford which were off limits to most artists of his generation. 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