A memoir by the artist’s nephew details how his vivid portraits of working-class life remained undiscovered until his death ...

A Manx auctioneer is set to repeat history by selling an original LS Lowry painting ... it was fitting given his family link. Chrystals Auctions expect the painting to sell for more than £500,000.

include Lowry's reflections on life, love and, of course, his art. In them, he said he had almost stumbled across his distinctive style of painting when his family moved from Manchester to a ...

The artist, who died in 1976, is celebrated for his portrayal ... The oil painting of the Ulverston scene was consigned for sale by the family of Graeme Bentham, who was gifted it by Lowry ...

What was there in these sooty streets to make Lowry wish to spend his life amongst them, painting a world in which other people could see no beauty. LOWRY: I really don't know why I paint these ...