The Lowry Museum (aka "the Lowry")

At the restored docklands area, the Lowry, the industrial city landscapes of the artist L. S. Lowry (1887-1976) are showcased as never before, within a hypermodern arts complex that in some ways symbolizes the emergence of Manchester itself as a centerpiece of avant-garde architecture. Lowry (the artist, not to be confused with the museum, the hotel, or the theater that bears his name) depicted the horror of the England's industrial north, before it disappeared forever. His matchstick people are dwarfed by the smokestacks and viaducts in his paintings. Lowry's paintings, as seen here, imposed a vision of a grim and gloomy urban sprawl. Lowry found a cohesion and lyric beauty in these industrial landscapes. His best-known paintings are from 1905 to 1925. The artist was especially fond of depicting the crudeness of capitalism, forcing workers into boxlike row houses, as railroads nearby rattled across viaducts belching smoke.

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