Lowry's Paintings

The Paintings of Lowry
Born in Manchester, in Nov. 1887, the only child of Irish born R S Lowry and Elizabeth Lowry (born Hobson).

Lowrys paintings sold recently
An oil painting titled 'Going To The Match' sold at Auction seven years ago for £1.9 million which broke all previous records; Lowrys status as one of the major 20th Century artists was solidified
the buyers were the P.F.A. IN Manchester.It is on display in the Lowry centre (and was published in 1972 as a signed, limited edition print of 300)

In November 2006 Lowrys A River Bank, (recently published as an unsigned, limited edition print) and bought by Bury Council in 1951 for £175, was sold for £1,408,000.

In June 2007 an iconic painting by world famous Salford artist LS Lowry sold for nearly £3.8 million (approx. £4.5 million including commission), becoming the most expensive
work by the artist ever to be sold at auction.

The 1946 painting Good Friday, Daisy Nook, shows a fair at the country park and smashed the estimated price tag of £1m to £1.5m at London auction house Christies.

The masterpiece was among five other Lowrys sold by a private collector, who had bought it in 1970 for a then record £16,800.
It was acquired by the London dealer Richard Green for a massive £3,772,000 .
The sale smashed the previous record for a Lowry held by Going To The Match, which was bought by the Football Association for £1,926,500 in 1999.
Good Friday, Daisy Nook was painted on the first Good Friday after the end of World War Two, the day being one of the two statutory holiday days Oldham mill workers
were allowed each year.

Manchesters new musem, The Lowry Centre in Salford Quays, now holds a major collection of his work.


Lowry signed prints
Lowry signed relatively few during his life, in comparison to many other artists of his great stature.
Signed prints have become particularly sought after, and since their publication mainly in the early 1970s, the signed prints have increased considerably in price
alongside the original paintings, and particularly in our recent financial climate, there has been an enormous interest in signed, limited editions of Lowry
for investment.
Indeed the market for his work is and has been so strong over the last five years, that most collectors and investors regard Lowry signed prints as one of the strongest forms of investments
that can be made at present.


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