Mr Lowry and Chorlton …………. part 1 ….. a self portrait and an exhibition and a gravestone

Now as everyone knows it is pretty hard to get away from the paintings of L S Lowry.

And especially at present with the film, Mrs. Lowry & Son, which premiered at the Lowry this week and explores the relationship between British painter L.S. Lowry and his mother, Elizabeth.

So with that in mind I looked back at some of the stories I had written which included the one about the photograph of a drawing of the artist which was never returned by a newspaper, and eventually went up for sale and was bought by my old friend, David Harrop*.

The photograph now takes pride of place in a small exhibition devoted to the artist which resides in the Remembrance Lodge at Southern Cemetery, which is fitting given that Mr. Lowry was buried just a short distance from the lodge.

I have to say I have never visited the grave, but I am always intrigued by the addition at the foot of the headstone of a small pot which contains some paintbrushes.

There will be someone out there far better versed than I, who can confirm that these are original to Mr. Lowry.

And even if they are not, I like the idea, which seems as quirky as the story by another artist of a series of paintings inspired by the idea that Mr. Lowry might once have come to Chorlton.**

But that is for tomorrow.

Location Southern Cemetery

Pictures; from the collection of David Harrop


*Mr Lowry ……… and the photograph which was never returned, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/2019/01/mr-lowry-and-photograph-which-was-never.html


Tomorrow; If Mr. Lowry came to Chorlton