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This exhibition brings together the works of celebrated artists William Conor and L.S. Lowry, to be part of ni2012’s ‘Our Time, Our Place’ celebrations. Curated by Hugh Mulholland.
William Conor was born in 1881 and is celebrated for his portrayals of working-class life in Ulster. Scenes of mill girls, courting couples, shipyard workers and queues outside the cinema are sympathetically depicted in watercolours, crayon drawings and oil paintings. Conor was awarded the OBE in 1952 – one of many honours he received for his work.
L.S. Lowry was born in 1887 and is renowned for his paintings of industrial towns in the north of England. Only gaining recognition in his later years, his paintings often depict smoking chimneys, churches, factories, mills and terraced houses, which loom over his distinctive figures as they go about their working lives.
Talk
31 May, 6pm
Michael Simpson (Head of Art & Engagement, The Lowry, Salford) on the work of L.S. Lowry
