LS Lowry rarities go on show at The Lowry
Lovers of work by LS Lowry have the chance to view rarely seen works in the new Lowry Favourites exhibition at The Lowry.
One of the most eagerly viewed is likely to be an unusual work by the Salford artist The Auction, which is on public display for the first time in fifty years. Last loaned by LS Lowry himself to the Manchester Art Gallery in 1959, the painting has not been in Manchester since. The Auction is one of fourteen other Lowry artworks in the Lowry Favourites exhibition which have never been seen at The Lowry before.
Claire Stewart, Curator, commented:
“The Lowry is delighted to have such a wonderful selection of new loans on display. We always try to bring new works by Lowry to our visitors and regularly refresh our Lowry Favourites display”.
A drawing of a very similar scene to The Auction (1958), made by Lowry in 1956, is said to depict a Manchester auction attended by the artist. Many of the people in the foreground of this vast auction room seem to be passers-by, oblivious to the sale taking place.
The newly exhibited LS Lowry artworks include Wasteground (1940), At Paddington Station (about 1962), At the Seaside (1960), Beach and Tower (1974), Child with Doll (1968), Crowther Street, Stockport (1934), Going to the Mill (1959), Hills and Sea (1959), In a Park (1966), Moreton-in-Marsh (1947), Rhuddlan Castle (1924), Swinbury Station (1939) and Astbury Church (1920).
Lowry remains one of Britain’s most popular and frequently reproduced painters and his work is permanently on show in changing exhibitions at The Lowry in Salford. He studied at Manchester College of Art and exhibited extensively throughout his lifetime, culminating in a record-breaking retrospective at the Royal Academy.
Posted on Friday, 20 March 2009 under Press Galleries Press