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Going to Work is a 1943 oil painting by the English artist L. S. Lowry.. Originally commissioned as a piece of war art by the War Artists Advisory Committee, it depicts crowds of workers walking into the Mather & Platt engineering equipment factory in Manchester, north-west England.
Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA (/ ˈ l aʊ r i / LAO-ree; 1 November 1887 – 23 February 1976) 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.
The artwork of an auction scene is among a series of paintings going under the hammer at Sotheby’s Modern British and Irish Art sale. Lowry painting set to fetch more than £1.2m at auction Skip ...
Going to the Match is the title of a number of paintings by British painter L. S. Lowry, depicting crowds of spectators walking towards a sports ground.Lowry's best known Going to the Match painting is his 1953 painting of football fans heading towards Burnden Park, the then home of Bolton Wanderers Football Club. [1]
The historic painting, depicting a throng of people gathered at Burnden Park football stadium, sold for a record-breaking £6.6 million on Wednesday. Lowry masterpiece to remain free for public ...
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Lowry created an early pastel and pencil sketch of Coming from the Mill around 1917–18. Although recognisably the same scene, differences with his 1930 painting are evident; his refinements to the composition include the addition of a church steeple and the removal of a brewery tower in the background. [ 6 ]
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