‘The Only One On The Coast’ (1970)
This morning.
He painted matchstalk men and a public convenience.
Will Derham tweetz:
This is very cool – who knew the famous British artist, L.S. Lowry once visited and sketched my home town of Skerries? If anyone has a spare £12k, you can buy it for me here…
Meanwhile…
The scene is instantly recognizable today … #Art #Skerries #Dublin #Lowry #LSLowry #History #Heritage #Ireland pic.twitter.com/QKZ0NC8mLi
— Will Derham (@w_derham) May 26, 2022
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Any excuse!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFafPqsW3Cg
And of course the parody – wait for the third verse. The Baron Nights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9SDEKlCCqE
Ok, sorry. The fourth verse!
Edit: I just remembered that Dirty Old Town by Ewan McColl was about Salford, too
There is also a drawing of somewhere near Drogheda. He also spent time in Balbriggan. His gallery is in Salford. Sad and lonely life he had. His lesser known seascapes are beautiful. Big fan here obvs.
idem: The Lone Groover / Tony Benyon…
https://www.benyon-lonegroover.blogspot.com/2012/01/single-cartoon-that-i-managed-to-dig.html
There is an article I wrote in Cassandra voices recently referencing Lowry depression https://cassandravoices.com/history/lessons-from-the-great-depression-iii/