“Newspaper Seller” by Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA. Sunderland Museum & Winter Garden

The 1940s and early 1950s marked a notable shift in Lowry’s compositions as he began a new focus towards the figures in landscapes.

Newspaper Seller comes from an important period within this transition. During these years Lowry focused on typically smaller groups of figures, clustered together, with hints and suggestions of the presence of the industrial landscapes beyond, before the eventual loss of these all together in the purely white backgrounds (with seemingly ‘floating’ figures) of his later paintings.

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: 1942

Image details
Date: 1 February 2023
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/50s
ISO: 400
Licence: Image of a Sunderland Museum & Winter Garden asset. This image cannot be licensed.