L. S. Lowry
Laurence Stephen Lowry was an English artist. His drawings and paintings mainly depict Pendlebury, Lancashire as well as Salford and its vicinity.
Background
- Born in
- Stretford
- Educated at
- Manchester Metropolitan UniversityUniversity of SalfordManchester School of Art
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"An artist can't produce great art unless he has a philosophy.He can't say something unlee he has something to say."
"I don't care tuppence for what they do in London in the art world. It doesn't matter to me. I don't think of it. All I am concerned with is doing my own thing in my own way.. as well as I can."
"All my life I have felt most strongly against social distinction of any kind. I have at all time tried to paint to the best of my ability and would only hope that any remembrance of me when I'm am gon…"
"You cannot teach painting because everyone's colour sense is different. But drawing..you either get it right or wrong. You can tell whether people have drawn from life from their pictures."
"I look upon human beings as automatons..because they all think they can do what they want but they can't.They are not free.No one is"
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Timeline
1887
Born
Birth1976
Died
Death
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