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Lawrence Stephen Lowry 1887-1976
British Painter.
L.S Lowry was born on 1 November 1887 in Barret Street, Stretford.
L S Lowry is best known for his "matchstick men and women",
paintings of people in the industrial towns of the north of England.
He grew up in Stretford, now a suburb of Manchester, and most
of his work portrays desolate urban landscapes peopled by anonymous
figures.
Some examples of work on Lowry by our students
In 1903, Lowry began work as a claims clerk at Manchester Insurance Company. In 1919 he had taken up the post of rent collector for Pall Mall Property Company Ltd, where he remained until his retirement in 1952. |