Lowry Painting Going To The Match

The pfa paid 1 926 500 for lowry s 1953 oil painting going to the match at sotheby s in london in 1999.

Lowry painting going to the match.

2 000 000 painted in 1928 it is now on display in the lowry centre and has been valued a few years ago at 6 10million. 2 000 000 painted in 1928 it is now on display in the lowry centre and has recently been valued at 6 10million. Laurence stephen lowry the artist synonymous for his matchstick men is now becoming better known for his record prices at auction. A signed lithograph of l.

A painting of a football match by ls lowry has been bought for a record 1 9m by the professional footballers association pfa. Going to the match was created by l. Lowry s going to the match would one day hold the record for the highest price by a 20th century british artist. One of the many football subjects painted by lowry who was always keenly interested in.

1 november 1887 23 february 1976 was an english artist many of his drawings and paintings depict pendlebury lancashire where he lived and worked for more than 40 years salford and its vicinity. The players union bought the 1953 picture going to the match for 1 926 500 at sotheby s auction house in london. Laurence stephen lowry rba ra ˈ l aʊ r i lao ree. Lowry in naïve art primitivism style.

Lowry was bought by the professional footballers association almost 9 years ago for approx. Lowry was bought by the professional footballers association almost 7 years ago for approx. Lowry s famous painting going to the match leads a strong selection of works by the popular and much loved artist at bonhams print sale in london on 9 december. Lowry 1887 1976 is best known for painting industrial scenes of north west england in the mid 20th century.

His characteristic style has a dreamlike quality populated by stylised figures referred to as matchstick men. It is estimated at 10 000 15 000. Interest in the northern artist has gathered momentum over the last five years helped along by the lowry and the painting of modern life exhibition at the tate in 2013. The original painting going to the match by l s.

It was a world auction record for a lowry picture and the most expensive modern. Lowry painted going to the match in 1928. It was a record price at auction for any modern british painting. The professional footballers association paid 1 926 500 for the 1953 oil p painting at sotheby s in london in 1999 a world auction record for a lowry picture and the most expensive modern british painting sold at auction.