LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY RA RBA LG NS
Manchester 1887 - 1976 Glossop
Signed and dated lower right: LS. LOWRY 1957;
inscribed with the title on the overlap
Oil on canvas: 12 x 16 in / 30.5 x 40.6 cm
The 1950s was a decade of official recognition and commercial success for LS Lowry, with commissions from the Arts Council, Salford Art Gallery and the Ministry of Works (to record the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953), as well as the publication of the first monograph on the artist, The Discovery of LS Lowry, by Maurice Collis. In 1952 he was able to retire with a full pension from The Pall Mall Property Company. In 1957 a BBC documentary on the artist directed by John Reid and watched by two million viewers, showed Lowry painting Industrial landscape with figures, confirming his position as one of the greatest interpreters of modern British life.
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