LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, R.A.
1887-1976
MAN WALKING
signed and dated 1962; also signed on the reverse
oil on board
61 by 29cm.; 24 by 11.5in.
Sold £145,259
15th November, 2011
PROVENANCE
The Artist
Monty Bloom Esq
Sale, Christie's London, 11th May 1973, lot 112
Lord Lloyd-Webber
His sale, Sotheby's London, 1st December 1999, lot 41
Acquired by the present owners in early 2000
EXHIBITED
Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, L. S. Lowry, A.R.A.: An Exhibition of Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings,
15th September - 14th October 1962, cat. no.95B, lent by the Artist (as Man Out for a Walk);
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Stone Gallery, The Later Paintings of L.S. Lowry from the Monty Bloom Collection,
23rd October - 14th November 1964, cat. no.25 (as Man Out Walking);
Southport, Atkinson Art Gallery, The Bloom Collection, 1967;
London, Crane Kalman Gallery, The Loneliness of L.S. Lowry, 7th - 30th November 1968, cat. no. 20
( as Man Out Walking) (probably);
London, Hamet Gallery, L.S. Lowry, 21st September - 21st October 1972, cat. no.35, illustrated
(as Man Out Walking).
LITERATURE
Shelley Rhode, L. S. Lowry: a Biography, Lowry Press, Manchester, 1999, illustrated p.265;
Meet Mr Lowry, documentary film produced by Mischa Scorer and commissioned by The Lowry,1999;
When Piers Met Andrew Lloyd Webber, documentary film produced by ITV Press, 9th April 2011.
In 1961, Lowry had an exhibition of his work at the Lefevre Gallery.
There was nothing unusual in this;
Lowry had been showing his work there regularly since 1939.
However, this time the exhibition sold out before it opened.
The life and times of Artist L.S.Lowry.
Laurence Stephen Lowry did not like to think of himself as an amateur artist. People would occassionally accuse him of being
self-taught and untutored. he commented,
"Started at fifteen years old. Don't know why?"
My aunt said "You are no good for anything else, so you might as well go to Art School."
LSLowry began evening classes in fine art and free-hand art drawing during 1905.
Later studying in both the Manchester Academy of Fine Art and The Salford Royal Technical College at Peel Park.
School records show that Lowry attended art classes during the 1920's.
Lowry had learnt from teachers, people such as the Frenchman Adolphe Valette.
This French Impressionist artist had made a big impact on the art world.
He saw from exhibitions in Manchester how the current trends in modern art were changing,
and had great affection for Pre-Raphaelite art, by artists such as Rossetti and Ford Madox Brown.
A naive Sunday artist LS Lowry certainly was not. Lowry strove for a distinctive way of painting and drawing,
and for a subject matter Lowry could make unique.
Lowry eventually chose the view from the Technical College window. Industrial scenes of Salford
and Manchester, rather than that of a model posing.
Visit the the studio in Nottinghamshire, the largest collection of LS Lowry artist signed, limited edition prints in the UK.
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