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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.
The Lowry art gallery in Salford Quays was opened in 2000 at a cost of £106 million; named after him, the 2,000-square-metre (22,000 sq ft) gallery houses 55 of his paintings and 278 drawings – the world's largest collection of his work – with up to 100 on display. [44]
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 chief executive of the Lowry gallery said the painting is ‘more of a piece of social history than it is a painting of a football match’. Lowry painting should stay free to view given ...
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 ...
The picture An Old Street was painted in 1937. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
In 1954, Leonard Cohen and Henry's Stores Ltd of Market Street commissioned a painting from Lowry, and it seems likely that Lowry used these initial sketches as a reference. In January 1956, Piccadilly Gardens was presented to the City Art Gallery as a gift from Henry's Stores to mark the 80th birthday of the company's co-founder, Mrs Henry Cohen.
Lowry’s painting Sunday Afternoon is estimated to be worth between £4 to £6 million. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...