The Arrest, 1927 L S Lowry

The painting, Beach Scene, is among a group of three works by the artist to be auctioned at Christie’s in London later this month

An Old Street

Nick Orchard, Head of Modern British & Irish Art, discusses the fascinating provenance of this unusual industrial landscape

THE CAT LADY L.S.LOWRY thick impasto painting on wooden board size 39cms x 31cms ready for framing listed as in the style of or by follower of L.S.Lowry from

LS Lowry, famous artist, is buried at Southern Cemetery grave C 722

The Mancunian painter’s famous images of working life stemmed from an ambition ‘to put the industrial scene on the map’

At last the painter of the industrial landscape is being given the recognition he deserves