River Scene, 1935
Laurence S. Lowry RA (1887-1976)
Oil on canvas
Laing Art Gallery
Purchased from the artist from William Glover Fund, 1946
Industrial scenes were the main subjects of L.S. Lowry’s paintings. This may be a North East scene, painted during one of the artist’s trips through the region in the 1930s on his way to Berwick-upon-Tweed. Winding gear for a coal mine can be seen beside a tall chimney on the right.
Lowry painted this picture in his characteristic style of flat black forms set against a whitish base colour. Only a small amount of other colours, principally red, have been used to vary the scene.
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