L.S. Lowry
(1887-1976), PainterLaurence Stephen ('L.S.') Lowry
Sitter in 21 portraits
Artist of 2 portraits
Lowry is renowned for his industrial landscapes of northern England, peopled with matchstick figures, and for his reclusive private life. He was born in Rusholme, Manchester and studied at Manchester School of Art (1905-15) under Adolf Valett, whose view of urban Mancunian smog may have influenced him, and Salford College of Art (1915-25). He worked as a rent-collector and painted in his spare time. He was elected a Royal Academician in 1962, and given the freedom of the City of Salford in 1965.
Watch a film clip on the artist from the BBC Archive in the Media section below
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass copy negative, late 1920s
NPG x21176
by Unknown photographer
glossy bromide print, circa 1950
NPG x20156
L.S. Lowry with John F.W. Bryon; Gerald W. Brookes Cotton; Frank Mullineaux
by Tillotsons Newspapers Ltd
bromide press print, 30 October 1964
NPG x20157
by Roger Birch
selenium-toned bromide print, November 1975
NPG x7943
by Sefton Samuels
colour print on card mount, 6 September 1975
NPG x1457
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