Title - A Town Square(1953)

Artist - L.S. Lowry

To think of Lowry is to conjure a world of chimneys, factories, terraced houses and bustling crowds. His uncompromising vision and steadfast commitment to the industrial north of England and the lives of its inhabitants represents one of the most significant and iconic artistic outputs in 20th century Britain. These paintings occupy a central place within the public imagination, alongside the works of Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud (of whom Lowry was an early admirer) or Banksy. In A Town Square, making its first auction appearance, we have one of the most important early representations of Lowry’s now famous industrial landscapes.