- Artist
- L.S. Lowry 1887–1976
- Medium
- Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- Support: 1143 × 1524 mm
frame: 1410 × 1790 × 135 mm - Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1956
- Reference
- T00111
Display caption
This picture is typical of LS Lowry’s panoramic cityscapes. It gives us a view dominated by smoking chimneys, factories, roads, bridges and industrial wasteland. The Second World War meant there was greater industrial output. The resulting pollution continued to choke British cities into the 1950s. This is an imaginary composition, but elements of the view are real, such as the Stockport Viaduct, in the top left of the picture.
Gallery label, September 2023
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Catalogue entry
T00111 INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE 1955
Inscr. ‘L. S. Lowry 1955’ b.r.
Canvas, 45×60 (114·5×152).
Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1956.
Exh: R.A., 1956 (83).
Repr:
Royal Academy Illustrated, 1956, pl.70.
The artist writes: ‘The picture is of no particular place. When I started it on the plain canvas I hadn't the slightest idea as to what sort of Industrial Scene would result. But by making a start by putting say a Church or Chimney near the middle this picture seemed to come bit by bit’ (letter of 19 October 1956).
Published in:
Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, London 1964, I
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