Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA was born in Greater Manchester in 1887. His drawings and paintings mainly depict Pendlebury, Lancashire as well as Salford and its vicinity. LS Lowry is famous for painting street scenes in the industrial towns of North West England in the mid-20th century.
After leaving school, Lowry worked as a rent collector for the Pall Mall Company. His job saw him walking the streets of Pendlebury and spending time at Buile Hill Park. In the evenings, Lowry took private lessons in freehand drawing. In 1905, he joined the Manchester School of Art, where he studied under Pierre Adolphe Valette, a French Impressionist, . In 1915 he moved on to the Royal Technical Institute, Salford (now the University of Salford) and continued studying until 1925. It was here that he developed an interest in industrial landscapes and people.
To begin with, Lowry's paintings featured a dark, impressionistic style. However, he was encouraged to expand his palette by D. B. Taylor of the Manchester Guardian, and soon he started using a white background in his pieces. His distinctive style was developed during this period, featuring industrial scenes populated with human figures referred to as "matchstick men". He also painted enigmatic landscapes, brooding portraits and sketched in pencil and charcoal.
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