L. S. Lowry

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artist human painter

L. S. Lowry was a 20th-century English painter best known for his distinctive industrial landscapes populated with “matchstick” figures, depicting working-class life in northern England.

Aliases (2)

Statements (82)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artist → human → painter →
awardReceived	CBE → Order of the British Empire →
countryOfCitizenship	England → United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1887-11-01 →
dateOfDeath	1976-02-23 →
depicts	factories → mills → northern English towns → smokestacks → terraced houses → working-class crowds →
educatedAt	Manchester School of Art → Royal Technical College, Salford →
employer	Pall Mall Property Company →
ethnicGroup	English →
familyName	Lowry →
fieldOfWork	drawing → painting → printmaking →
fullName	Laurence Stephen Lowry →
genre	cityscape → figurative art → industrial landscape → landscape painting → portrait painting → seascape →
givenName	Laurence → Stephen →
hasCanonicalName	L. S. Lowry →
hasCollectionAt	Manchester Art Gallery → Salford Quays → Tate Britain → The Lowry →
hasSignatureStyle	crowded street scenes → flattened perspective → limited palette dominated by white, black, and muted colours →
honorificTitle	RA → RBA →
influenced	British social realist painters →
influencedBy	Pierre-Adolphe Valette →
knownFor	depictions of working-class life → paintings of industrial districts in North West England → use of stylised “matchstick” figures →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	Modern art → Naïve art → Social realism →
nominatedFor	Order of the Companions of Honour → knighthood →
notableWork	A Street Scene → Coming from the Mill → Going to the Match → Industrial Landscape → Portrait of Ann → The Cripples → The Fever Van → The Football Match → The Lake → The Old House → The Pond → The Sea → The Station →
occupation	clerk → rent collector →
placeOfBirth	Lancashire → Stretford →
placeOfDeath	Derbyshire → Glossop →
rejectedAward	Companion of Honour → Order of the British Empire → knighthood →
religion	Methodism →
residence	Mottram in Longdendale → Pendlebury →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Manchester → Pendlebury → Salford →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Going to the Match ("L. S. Lowry’s football paintings series") →	associatedWith
The Lowry →	dedicatedTo
The Lowry →	exhibitsWorkOf
L. S. Lowry ("Laurence Stephen Lowry") →	fullName
L. S. Lowry →	hasCanonicalName
Lowry →	hasNotableBearer
The Lowry →	namedAfter