Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life |
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| Author:
| Clark, T. J.
Wagner, Anne M. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84976-091-1 |
| Publication Date: | May 2014 |
| Publisher: | Tate Publishing, Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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Much-loved British painter L. S. Lowry (1887#150;1976) made the industrial city the focus of his career. This book, published to accompany a retrospective at Tate Britain, shows how Lowry depicted the public rituals of working-class urban life: football matches and protest marches; evictions and fistfights; workers going to and from the mill. He was also a landscape painter, and he sought to show the effects of the industrial revolution. Written by groundbreaking art historians T....
More DescriptionMuch-loved British painter L. S. Lowry (1887#150;1976) made the industrial city the focus of his career. This book, published to accompany a retrospective at Tate Britain, shows how Lowry depicted the public rituals of working-class urban life: football matches and protest marches; evictions and fistfights; workers going to and from the mill. He was also a landscape painter, and he sought to show the effects of the industrial revolution. Written by groundbreaking art historians T. J. Clark and Anne M. Wagner, this is a fresh approach to the study of this popular painter