tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post6523218428264904713..comments2023-06-13T08:29:39.914+00:00Comments on MAKING A MARK: LS Lowry and a Manchester perspectiveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-40695819837621733232007-03-27T11:02:00.000+00:002007-03-27T11:02:00.000+00:00Hi Katherine,thanks for this interesting post. To ...Hi Katherine,<BR/>thanks for this interesting post. To me there seem to be some parallels to Rouseau.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-64077849610946973652007-03-27T08:57:00.000+00:002007-03-27T08:57:00.000+00:00Laura - I think Lowry is especially appreciated by...Laura - I think Lowry is especially appreciated by people who knew northern industrial towns when that they looked exactly like they do in Lowry's paintings. I know this particular view for example - and I can remember seeing it look more or less exactly like this.<BR/><BR/>Children also relate especially well to the matchstick people and the amount of 'goings on' in his paintings. Hence the reference to his paintings in primary schools.<BR/><BR/>And lastly, there is something about him being an artist from the north - from a time when everything was VERY London-centric. <BR/><BR/>I always thought of him as being a bit like a Breughal for the industrial north. Not as fine a painter as Breughal - but the same sort of attention to everyday life within the context of 'the big picture'.<BR/><BR/>Dave - the answer is 'Yes' and I had it virtually all drafted yesterday and then lost it when the computer had a tizzy. I couldn't face redoing it all yesterday hence why you got Lowry instead!<BR/><BR/>If you're interested in watercolours go to one of the watercolour shows. If you like drawing and/or have a thing about seeing things you'll only ever get once chance to then go to the Monet.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-36399455183627902662007-03-26T20:43:00.000+00:002007-03-26T20:43:00.000+00:00At his best, he was able to capture the feeling of...At his best, he was able to capture the feeling of that particular place and time, but he also produced an awful lot of rather poor work.<BR/><BR/>Are you going to give us a review of the Monet exhibition at the RA? I'm going to be in London on Thursday and I'll only have time to see one show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-14264880942948604992007-03-26T19:08:00.000+00:002007-03-26T19:08:00.000+00:00I've always liked his work - he catches the grim f...I've always liked his work - he catches the grim factories and the hordes of workers of the day in his own special way. They capture an era and an area :)<BR/><BR/>You maybe need to know the area and culture to 'get' them?<BR/><BR/>He was uniquevivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16820836660470146799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-46908239444303671972007-03-26T18:09:00.000+00:002007-03-26T18:09:00.000+00:00I went to a big Lowry retrospective when I lived i...I went to a big Lowry retrospective when I lived in London years ago and I confess I could not understand the reason for his fame. Is there, to your knowledge, an artist of another nationality who is analagous to Lowry in terms of celebrity, quality of work, appeal? Maybe I could understand this phenomenon better with a little amplification ;D.Laurelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02050096410382276071noreply@blogger.com