Yes he did pictures of the common folk, not the high or mighty, 'monarchs and war heroes' those content with their lot in life grim though it may have been.
He spent a lot of holidays in Berwick-upon-Tweed and completed a fair few paintings there. We now have a Lowry trail around the town with examples of his work at different points of interest.
A truly great artist.Reminds me of the old Manchester exactly.The poverty ,the warm heartedness of the people,the grime and cheap buildings for the poor.Rows after rows of them all with outside toilets.
Yes; two up two down, outside loo, no running hot water, no bathroom- tin bath in front of the fire for children and public baths or relatives for a bath plus wash house. But, warm, hardworking neighbourhoods where people pulled together and just got on with life.
So true some other so called great painters are highly regarded but lowery is looked down on , yet his work you can relate to , however it's probably down to his paintings of real working class people that makes some turn up the nose.
To be honest his technical ability was pretty terrible which is why his work is very susceptible to forgery! But it is what he captured that made him the great artist that he was, and if the snobs can’t see that then they know absolutely nothing about art!
He stayed lots of times in The Seaburn hotel SUNDERLAND and painted many artworks of the river wear and the seaburn sea front He had a reserved room at the Seaburn Hotel Sunderland
We had a small painting of his when I was a child in the lounge. My mother loved it and my father hated it. One day it was gone; in its place was a large Elvis print. My mother loved Elvis and my dad bought it for her on condition that he could trash the Lowry. So in the trash it went.
I’m a painter, my father was a painter from Montmartre who grew up in the North of England before WW2 during the 30’s, 40’s. Lowry is the English Utrillo (Maurice Utrillo, worth a checkup). Simple, easy to look at, historically poignant of a bygone era put into paint and, therefore, immortalized for future generations to remember and see that the past as bleak or as tough as it may have been was still very humanely beautiful. His paint speaks clearly ruclips.net/video/WB1Kr_ZDvXw/видео.html
@@rozdoyle8872 totally have you seen the plastic buildings everywhere they will be a eyesore in 10-20 years when the weather turns them green. Shame on the council allowing all this but there pockets are all lined so they don’t care
@@TadhgcDoran Brown being the colour of shit…. Ill explain If he had to paint Manchester today he would just need one colour BROWN SO I’m basically saying Manchester is shit theses day with all the high rise plastic buildings. We’re not on this planet long enough to worry about people’s skin colour we’re all gods children 🙏
He very much could. Painting is not about accurate representation of the object/subject. It's about feeling, purpose and engagement. His paintings accomplished those things hence he can paint. Interestingly if you tried to do what he did you'd fail absolutely miserably.
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I’m Salford born, I remember my school art teacher Mrs Nield told me sad news about he passed away I was 15,I’m always proud of him.
Fascinating man and a great artist.x
Well said
Interesting man soft heart. That waste basket was a goldmine ☘️
You can tell he sat on hills a lot....his colours are spot on and he never forgot our cats and dogs❤
I love L.S. Lowry 🥰
Yes he did pictures of the common folk, not the high or mighty, 'monarchs and war heroes' those content with their lot in life grim though it may have been.
He spent a lot of holidays in Berwick-upon-Tweed and completed a fair few paintings there.
We now have a Lowry trail around the town with examples of his work at different points of interest.
What a character amazing
Man great Artist 👍
What a great man who painted how and subject matters he wanted to paint which we all love.🎨❤
Not all of us.
Modest man with huge talent🍀🍀🍀
Thank you for sharing this! Just wonderful to see! 🤗
wow never seen this before amazing thanks for uploading
what a lovely man .
The humblest painter who ever lived
Thank you very much for uploading this.
Fabulous old school guy 👍👍👍👍🇬🇧
Fascinating, sitting in 🇦🇺 looking at 6 of his prints on my wall
Thank goodness for film.
Bob Greaves. Interviewer and journalist. Granada Reports.
A truly great artist.Reminds me of the old Manchester exactly.The poverty ,the warm heartedness of the people,the grime and cheap buildings for the poor.Rows after rows of them all with outside toilets.
Yes; two up two down, outside loo, no running hot water, no bathroom- tin bath in front of the fire for children and public baths or relatives for a bath plus wash house. But, warm, hardworking neighbourhoods where people pulled together and just got on with life.
Yes cos he’s true Mancunian.
A great deal of snobbery still exists against Lowry, but his work has lasted the test of time.
So true some other so called great painters are highly regarded but lowery is looked down on , yet his work you can relate to , however it's probably down to his paintings of real working class people that makes some turn up the nose.
To be honest his technical ability was pretty terrible which is why his work is very susceptible to forgery!
But it is what he captured that made him the great artist that he was, and if the snobs can’t see that then they know absolutely nothing about art!
he is an impressionist, not a realist.
Don’t no why the man was great
Love his paintings
Saw an exhibition of his at the Tate a few years ago. Unique and fantastic pictorial comments on Britain at that time. He was a genius!
This is gold!
Fantastic
Haunting
Great man, never realised.
Good show some more videos 👍🏼
His paintings were all over my school in Stockport in 1973……didn’t realise he was alive!……I’ll never forget
He stayed lots of times in The Seaburn hotel SUNDERLAND and painted many artworks of the river wear and the seaburn sea front He had a reserved room at the Seaburn Hotel Sunderland
I think it's called The Grand now?
I have the letters he wrote to the manager of the Seaburn. Wonderful, treasured possessions
He painted my home town of Bargoed, South Wales.
what colour did he do it in ?
" Changes in the Northern landscape ".....would hate to think what he would say about our country today! Like most of us absolutely horrified.
Typical racist r.sole looking worthless on here.
We had a small painting of his when I was a child in the lounge. My mother loved it and my father hated it. One day it was gone; in its place was a large Elvis print. My mother loved Elvis and my dad bought it for her on condition that he could trash the Lowry. So in the trash it went.
Thank you
Don't know what he'd think of Manchester now in 2024... Yes i do know, .he'd hate it .
Yes true, born & bred in Salford now live in Bury, it’s getting worst.
A proper northern chap. 😊
Someone with secure roots.
A master
He just sounds completely depressed and over it. He’s reached the point he can’t even be bothered to turn it on for an interview.
85! I've reached that point at 60.
Mad on Lowry.
Its a shame those old mill buildings weren't converted into flats, instead of putting up those high rise tower blocks.
I’m a painter, my father was a painter from Montmartre who grew up in the North of England before WW2 during the 30’s, 40’s. Lowry is the English Utrillo (Maurice Utrillo, worth a checkup). Simple, easy to look at, historically poignant of a bygone era put into paint and, therefore, immortalized for future generations to remember and see that the past as bleak or as tough as it may have been was still very humanely beautiful. His paint speaks clearly
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Nothing more depressing than a brass band playing on a soggy wet day
A general sketch with his signature would now go for £10k in Pimlico art galleries
A modest man with nothing to prove.
He would turn in his grave if he knew his paintings would fetch million
End up in private ownerships instead art museums.
They called it progress in 1973 building those ugly buildings 9.20, Today in 2024 the majority of people will say it was folly.
If he had to paint Manchester today he would just need one colour BROWN
I think he would be highly disgusted.
@@rozdoyle8872 totally have you seen the plastic buildings everywhere they will be a eyesore in 10-20 years when the weather turns them green. Shame on the council allowing all this but there pockets are all lined so they don’t care
Lovely bit of racism
@@TadhgcDoran Brown being the colour of shit….
Ill explain
If he had to paint Manchester today he would just need one colour BROWN
SO I’m basically saying Manchester is shit theses day with all the high rise plastic buildings.
We’re not on this planet long enough to worry about people’s skin colour we’re all gods children 🙏
Herd stories of him staying in the north east .
Think he wanted a kip there.
Not politically correct to call people cripples nowadays, I suppose it was of it's time.
one thing about lowry, he could not paint for shit.
He very much could. Painting is not about accurate representation of the object/subject. It's about feeling, purpose and engagement. His paintings accomplished those things hence he can paint.
Interestingly if you tried to do what he did you'd fail absolutely miserably.
He was worth 300k in 1976 what are you worth 😂
@@TadhgcDoran they just needed a wroking class hero at the time, but his work is childish.
If, as some would have it Lowry was our greatest artist then we truly are a nation of philistines.
France has many of the greats of art history But it made the Philistines look discerning on Friday night
Never a truer word.
A life-long bachelor. A friend of Dorothy?
What the fuck does it matter if he was?!
Who’s Dorothy?
Your husband.@@WolfeTone66
I don't think so. He was quite devoted to his parents and was very reclusive by nature.
Thank you