L S Lowry in Knott End

The Lancashire artist L S Lowry often visited Knott End in the 1940s and 50s. In 2015 a statue was unveiled to celebrate this connection.

Lowry's favourite location for painting seems to have been a spot near the top of the Ferry Slip, from which position he produced several views of crowds of people hurrying up the slip from the boats in typical Lowry style.

The statue, depicting one of his characteristic "matchstick men" is positioned near to .this very spot.

The statue accompianied by Lowry figures photoshopped in by Michael Coleran


The Knott End Esplanade



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Gomm took this rather lovely picture of a Pied Wagtail admiring the staute.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Lowry drawing turned up on The Antiques Road Show. The owner believes it to be of Fleetwood showing the north end of the North Euston Hotel. The problem is the Lower Lighthouse is missing!
     Please click here to email comments .

 


       To enjoy more Lowry paintings click on these YouTube links:

Matchstick men and matchstick cats and dogs

BBC 1957 Film

Fake or Fortune: Lowry BBC (2016)

Also visit the    Northern Art Facebook Page

Consider joining the    L. S.Lowry Facebook Page

Lowry lived most of his life in  Salford, Lancashire.

In 1949 Salfordian Ewan MacColl wrote a love song to Salford entitled Dirty Old Town.
There have been many recordings, for example:

Rod Stewart (1969)

The Pogues (1985)

Please click here to email sggestions and/or comments.

To come directly to this page copy      www.OverWyre.info/Lowry.html
to the address bar of your browser.

Return to the Over Wyre Home Page.

 

 

The welknown cartoonist Peter Brookes CBE published this cartoon during the pandemic year 2020

 

 

 

 

 


flash besucherzähler