A NEW exhibition of L S Lowry's work highlights the importance different locations played within his art -- dispelling the misconception that he did not travel beyond the industrial north west of England.
Throughout his life, Lowry travelled the length and breadth of the country to paint and draw.
The exhibition, Lowry's Travels, runs (appropriately enough) at The Lowry until July 6, and will include pictures never seen in public before.
The artist's interest in places is sometimes fleeting, sometimes obsessional. For example, one summer in 1955, his journey to Cornwall resulted in a fascination with recording the stumps of disused tin mines.
He also returned frequently to paint shipping on the Tyne, or the towns of the South Wales valleys, illustrated in the exhibition by the Tate's Hillside in Wales -- one of the highlights of the show.
Exhibition storyboards will be on hand to help identify the geographical location visited by Lowry, often matching the scene with a photograph of the place as it looks today.
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