Ships Near Cumberland Coast
1963 · Oil on board
11 7/8 x 19 1/4" (30.1 x 48.7 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Lawrence Stephen Lowry
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
1965
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Lawrence Stephen Lowry was a British painter best known for his depictions of industrial Lancashire, rendered in a distinctive style that combined muted palettes with meticulously observed crowds of small, abstracted figures navigating urban and factory landscapes. Working primarily in oil and tempera from the 1920s onward, Lowry developed a formal vocabulary that was neither fully representational nor abstract, creating a visual record of working-class life during the height of British industrialization. His paintings of mills, streets, and public spaces established him as a significant documenter of twentieth-century English social topography.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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