I am surprised so many comments don't love this I think its great. He did go to art school and was taught by French artist. I know this area and it was painted at such an important time historically.
Didn't one of the great man's previous works sell for £5,000,000 at auction? I just absolutely hope it will stay in this country unlike so many other great works of British artists which have disappeared abroad never to be seen again 😢
Luckily it’s not about me. I’ve been in the art business for centuries, and many a time I don’t get why some artists sell, and others do not… thank god everyone’s tast is not the same
I agree 💯 %. I'm a professional artist. So many times, I shake my head in disbelief at what passes as fine and valuable art. There are paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art that I wouldn't purchase at a yard sale. Well, maybe I would if it was really cheap and I could reuse the frame.😂
Was he a self-taught folk artist like America's Grandma Moses? The paintings and subject matter have so many similar styles-groupings of different people and groupings of architecture and even groups of 'ideas'! Like many 'primitivist painters,' the most important ideas to the painter, Lowry, are the largest or in the center and/or the most detailed and colorful. In this case the crowds. Wonderful painting!
in the evenings took private art lessons in antique and freehand drawing. In 1905, he secured a place at the Manchester School of Art, where he studied under the French Impressionist, Pierre Adolphe Valette.[17] Lowry was full of praise for Valette as a teacher, remarking "I cannot over-estimate the effect on me of the coming into this drab city of Adolphe Valette, full of French impressionists, aware of everything that was going on in Paris".[18] In 1915 he moved on to the Royal Technical Institute, Salford (later to become the Royal Technical College, Salford and now the University of Salford) where his studies continued until 1925. There he developed an interest in industrial landscapes and began to establish his own style.[19]
@@antr7493You know, a person can even graduate from two universities, but if he writes something and makes two or three mistakes in every word, it will be clear that he did not study anywhere. As a naive artist, he took place.
It's like The Emporers New Clothes....or Tracy Emin art. It must've taken little effort for Lowry to knock this out... no matter that you describe it like an old master. There's always a fool willing to be played....
well done christies more videos of pieces for sale - we cant buy everything but appreciate the time to show us --
This will sell well above its estimate in my opinion 👌🏻👌🏻 beautiful painting!
Increadbly beautiful ❤
A genius.
I am surprised so many comments don't love this I think its great. He did go to art school and was taught by French artist. I know this area and it was painted at such an important time historically.
Ich liebe diese Kunst, ein wahres Meisterwerk.
Didn't one of the great man's previous works sell for £5,000,000 at auction? I just absolutely hope it will stay in this country unlike so many other great works of British artists which have disappeared abroad never to be seen again 😢
It’s a mystery for this artist to be hailed so highly…🧐
Luckily it’s not about me. I’ve been in the art business for centuries, and many a time I don’t get why some artists sell, and others do not… thank god everyone’s tast is not the same
I agree 💯 %. I'm a professional artist. So many times, I shake my head in disbelief at what passes as fine and valuable art. There are paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art that I wouldn't purchase at a yard sale. Well, maybe I would if it was really cheap and I could reuse the frame.😂
I do auction my painting please gauide me how to process 🙏
Was he a self-taught folk artist like America's Grandma Moses? The paintings and subject matter have so many similar styles-groupings of different people and groupings of architecture and even groups of 'ideas'! Like many 'primitivist painters,' the most important ideas to the painter, Lowry, are the largest or in the center and/or the most detailed and colorful. In this case the crowds. Wonderful painting!
This picture was painted by a man who had never studied painting.
He studied painting for many years, at the Salford School of Art.
in the evenings took private art lessons in antique and freehand drawing. In 1905, he secured a place at the Manchester School of Art, where he studied under the French Impressionist, Pierre Adolphe Valette.[17] Lowry was full of praise for Valette as a teacher, remarking "I cannot over-estimate the effect on me of the coming into this drab city of Adolphe Valette, full of French impressionists, aware of everything that was going on in Paris".[18] In 1915 he moved on to the Royal Technical Institute, Salford (later to become the Royal Technical College, Salford and now the University of Salford) where his studies continued until 1925. There he developed an interest in industrial landscapes and began to establish his own style.[19]
@@antr7493You know, a person can even graduate from two universities, but if he writes something and makes two or three mistakes in every word, it will be clear that he did not study anywhere. As a naive artist, he took place.
I don't think he was a naive artist, but we can both agree how much we appreciate him.@@artartistus7296
Get the facts right about him
I find Lowry paintings depressing.
He would agree with you!
It's like The Emporers New Clothes....or Tracy Emin art.
It must've taken little effort for Lowry to knock this out... no matter that you describe it like an old master.
There's always a fool willing to be played....
Might have taken him 1 year + as he used to stop and recommence when he had focus
You're clearly an expert on fools.