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  3. L. S. Lowry - Wikipedia

    • Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA was an English artist. His drawings and paintings mainly depict Pendlebury, Greater Manchester (where he lived and worked for more than 40 years) as well as Salford and its vicinity. Lowry painted scenes of life in the industrial districts of North West England in the mid-20th century. He developed a distinctive style of painti… See more

    BornLaurence Stephen Lowry · 1 November 1887 · Stretford, Lancashire, England
    Died23 February 1976 (aged 88) · Glossop, Derbyshire, England
    Known forPainting
    Early life

    Lowry was born on 1 November 1887 at 8 Barrett Street, Stretford, which was then in Lancashire. It was a difficult birth, and his mother Elizabeth, who hoped for a girl, was uncomfortable even looking at him at first. Later she ex… See more

    Education

    After leaving school, Lowry began a career working for the Pall Mall Company, later collecting rents, he would spend some time in his lunch hour at Buile Hill Park and in the evenings took private art lessons in antique and freehan… See more

     
  1. L.S. Lowry 1887–1976 - Tate

    Laurence Stephen Lowry ( LAO-ree; 1 November 1887 – 23 February 1976) was an English artist. His drawings and paintings mainly depict Pendlebury, Greater …

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    • L. S. Lowry Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life, …

      Laurence Stephen Lowry was an English artist famous for his urban industrial landscape paintings. As a child, Lowry was fond of drawing but did not get much encouragement from his parents. After leaving school, he started attending …