Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA (1887-1976) – IMS Photography

Newspaper Seller

Ian Malpass-Scott — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 19:19:00 +0000

“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.

My Two Uncles

Ian Malpass-Scott — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 19:19:00 +0000

“My Two Uncles” by Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA. Sunderland Museum & Winter Garden

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: 1962

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: 250
Licence: Image of a Sunderland Museum & Winter Garden asset. This image cannot be licensed.

A Street Scene

Ian Malpass-Scott — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 19:19:00 +0000

“A Street Scene” by Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA. Sunderland Museum & Winter Garden

In the 1940s Lowry’s almost obsessive interest in industrial landscapes began to lessen. In his paintings people now started to emerge from the crowd and become the centre of attention.

They were often social misfits, painted without sentiment and sometimes with a touch of humour.

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: 1962

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: 320
Licence: Image of a Sunderland Museum & Winter Garden asset. This image cannot be licensed.

Sea Trials at South Shields

Ian Malpass-Scott — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 19:19:00 +0000

“Sea Trials at South Shields” by Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA. Sunderland Museum & Winter Garden

Lowry composed a small pen and ink study for this painting while staying at the Seabur Hotel, Sunderland. Here, he was only a short taxi journey to the docks at South Shields, which became the subject for a small number of paintings and drawings of the bustling port at the mouth of the River Tyne. In this painting Lowry creates an un-easy dramatic

fisting upwards from the ship – the viewer tension – with the tall, thick plumes of smoke

must question whether it is normal, nothing-to-worry-about steam, or whether something darker has occurred on the last stage of testing the boat before her maiden voyage.

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Sunderland Museum & Winter Garden, Tyne & Wear
Material: Oil on canvas
Artist: Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA (1887-1976)
Date: 1963

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: 160
Licence: Image of a Sunderland Museum & Winter Garden asset. This image cannot be licensed.

A Tanker off the North East Coast

Ian Malpass-Scott — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 19:19:00 +0000

“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.

River Wear at Sunderland

Ian Malpass-Scott — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 19:19:00 +0000

“River Wear at Sunderland” by Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA. Sunderland Museum & Winter Garden

Lowry was much more interested in capturing the character and atmosphere of a place than in accurately recording it. In this view of the Lambton Drops, for example, the railway lines in the foreground have turned into a row of huts and local landmarks have been moved around.

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: 1962

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: 400
Licence: Image of a Sunderland Museum & Winter Garden asset. This image cannot be licensed.

Dockside, Sunderland

Ian Malpass-Scott — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 19:19:00 +0000

“Dockside, Sunderland” by Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA. Sunderland Museum & Winter Garden

Lowry particularly liked this view over the ambton Drops on the River Wear. He painted at least three versions af it. The Drops vere staiths where coal from inland pits was transtered from railway wagons to ships for transport by sea

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: 1962

Girl in a Red Hat on a Promenade

Ian Malpass-Scott — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 19:19:00 +0000

“Girl in a Red Hat on a Promenade” by Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA. Sunderland Museum & Winter Garden

Figures on a promenade appear in many works that Lowry produced towards the end of his life, when he was spending so much time staying on the sea front at the Seaburn Hotel.

Here, the sea in the background has little boats sailing on it, similar to those in pictures that Lowry had painted for his mother many years before.

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: c. 1972

Seated woman / Girl by railings

Ian Malpass-Scott — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 19:19:00 +0000

“Seated woman / Girl by railings” by Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA. Sunderland Museum & Winter Garden

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: 1964