Now I have no idea if L.S. Lowry came to Chorlton.
He is buried in Southern Cemetery which Peter says almost counts and it wouldn’t have been that far to travel over from Salford or from Mottram in Longdendale which was his home for twenty-eight years.
And inspired by the idea that Mr Lowry might have come here, Peter chose to paint a series of pictures in the style of the artist outside some of our well known drinking haunts which I called If Mr Lowry came to Chorlton.*
Of course back in the 1950s and ‘60’s the Horse and Jockey looked a lot different and the Sedge Lynn was still a snooker hall but if they were as they are now this is how he might have painted them.
So with that in mind and with Mr Lowry’s birthday coming up on November 1st, Peter is exhibiting his collection of Lowry inspired paintings at Tutku Cafe, on Barlow Moor Rd, to coincide with anniversary of the artist’s birth.*
Peter has added that “L. S. Lowry is best known for his matchstick men and industrial landscape paintings, he was a famous Manchester artist, born in Stretford on November 1st 1887.
His father died in 1932 leaving a great deal of debt, which drove his mother into depression. She took to her bed until she died in 1939. Lowry became a rent collector which provided a stable income and much of his later life was spent looking after his sickly mother.
It wasn’t until the last 25 years of his life that he became famous.
He died in 1976 and is buried in Southern Cemetery.
As part of my Homage to... series, and to celebrate his birthday, I have decided to create paintings in his style, or perhaps I should say, in a style that he may have chosen if he had access to modern painting techniques.
I have decided to create an exhibition of paintings reimagining what it would be like if he had strayed from the industrial landscapes of Salford and taken a stroll through Chorlton-cum-Hardy".
So that just leaves you to pop along to the Tutku Cafe, and see for yourself.
Location; sort of Chorlton
Painting; If Mr Lowry came to Chorlton, © 2017 Peter Topping, Paintings from Pictures,
Web: www.paintingsfrompictures.co.uk
* If Mr Lowry came to Chorlton, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/If%20Mr%20Lowry%20came%20to%20Chorlton
** Tutku Cafe, 428 Barlow Moor Rd, Chorlton, Manchester M21 8AD, 0161 222 3365
First posted in November 2017
And inspired by the idea that Mr Lowry might have come here, Peter chose to paint a series of pictures in the style of the artist outside some of our well known drinking haunts which I called If Mr Lowry came to Chorlton.*
Of course back in the 1950s and ‘60’s the Horse and Jockey looked a lot different and the Sedge Lynn was still a snooker hall but if they were as they are now this is how he might have painted them.
So with that in mind and with Mr Lowry’s birthday coming up on November 1st, Peter is exhibiting his collection of Lowry inspired paintings at Tutku Cafe, on Barlow Moor Rd, to coincide with anniversary of the artist’s birth.*
His father died in 1932 leaving a great deal of debt, which drove his mother into depression. She took to her bed until she died in 1939. Lowry became a rent collector which provided a stable income and much of his later life was spent looking after his sickly mother.
It wasn’t until the last 25 years of his life that he became famous.
He died in 1976 and is buried in Southern Cemetery.
I have decided to create an exhibition of paintings reimagining what it would be like if he had strayed from the industrial landscapes of Salford and taken a stroll through Chorlton-cum-Hardy".
So that just leaves you to pop along to the Tutku Cafe, and see for yourself.
Location; sort of Chorlton
Painting; If Mr Lowry came to Chorlton, © 2017 Peter Topping, Paintings from Pictures,
Web: www.paintingsfrompictures.co.uk
* If Mr Lowry came to Chorlton, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/If%20Mr%20Lowry%20came%20to%20Chorlton
First posted in November 2017
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