“A Tanker off the North East Coast” by Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA. Sunderland Museum & Winter Garden

In 1966 Lowry said, ‘The Sea, too, I love. To watch it is like letting off steam: it’s so vast.

But generally I put nothing on the sea when ! paint it. Perhaps a tiny boat if I must. The boats that caught his attention were working vessels, tankers, tugs and ferries.

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Sunderland Museum & Winter Garden, Tyne & Wear
Material: Oil on panel
Artist: Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA (1887-1976)
Date: 1965

Image details
Date: 1 February 2023
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Telephoto Camera 52mm ƒ/2.4
Focal Length: 52mm
Aperture: ƒ/2.4
Shutter Speed: 1/50s
ISO: 250
Licence: Image of a Sunderland Museum & Winter Garden asset. This image cannot be licensed.