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Thread #71823   Message #1231108
Posted By: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
21-Jul-04 - 11:51 PM
Thread Name: BS: Translation from the British
Subject: RE: BS: Translation from the British
Brands Hatch is a racing track.

Can't believe yo've not heard of Lowry
can't be arsed to make a link, but put "L.S Lowry" in your searcher thing.

he was a famous painter, from Salford,
The Lowry Centre is named after him,
he was a rent collector, started painting properly in his 40's, admitted to the Royal Academy of Art,
he's had many songs [folk songs at that!] written about him,
Matchstalk Men and Matchstlk cats and dogs [check the DT or forum searcg],
Pictures Of Matchstick men -by Status Qou, amongst others.

some of his most famous works include "An Accident", Coming home from the match", The Pond", etc etc etc, he died in 1989.


He is on of britains most famous artists, art critics, often describe a piece as "Lowryesque" [not sur if tyhats how to spell it, but its pronounced "Lowry Esk".
he could not paint shadows well, and always [in his latter work at least] painted himself in the picture, [in "The Pond", he is the old guy on the left.

I could tell more about him and his works, but i can't be arsed, i'm off to bed soon.john