Salford Street Scene (1928)
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SIZED: 16 1/4 X 12 1/4
DATE: 1928
TYPE: OIL
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Before he saw man as an ant scurrying through the industrial labyrinth, Lowry saw him with a modified warmth and humanity, as here
Even so, the artist was essentially a detached observer of man and his activities, and certainly in later years a brilliant, often cruel, satirist. He was seldom concerned about people as individuals; hence his dislike of Rembrandt and that master's involvement with the individual human soul.
Source: L.S. Lowry RA, 1887-1976: [catalogue of an exhibition held at the Royal Academy], 4 September to 14 November [1976]
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