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PublisheriC-Haus Publishing

ISBN-101904950493

ISBN-139781904950493

eBay Product ID (ePID)50572054

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Book TitleL. S. Lowry : Alife

Number of Pages250 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2007

TopicIndividual Artists / General, General, Artists, Architects, Photographers, European

IllustratorYes

GenreArt, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorShelley Rohde

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight32.6 Oz

Item Length1 in

Item Width0.6 in

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Reviews'...The book is a visual delight, lavishly illustrated with photographs as well as reproductions that emphasise Lowry's variety, complexity, humanity...", 'This handsome illustrated volume is a convincing reminder, that Lowry was a serious and talented artist, and that there is far more to his art, than quirky little stickmen.', ". . . (T)he definitive biography of L S Lowry" The Guardian ". . . (W)ritten by a storyteller" The Economist "An outstanding book about an odd man of genius. It will surprise almost everybody who reads it." The Bookseller

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal759.2

Table Of ContentPrologue 1. 'In case she should need to sit down' 2. 'All right for a hobby' 3. 'Suddenly I saw it' 4. 'Right there on his doorstep' 5. 'Why do you keep on?' 6. 'Didn't sell one' 7. 'Pictures that nobody wanted' 8. Man with red eyes 9. After she'd gone 10. 'Her name is Ann' 11. 'They are not real women, but dreams' 12. 'Giving myself up to it' 13. It all came too late Appendix 1: 'Art is an incurable disease' Appendix 2: One man's view Acknowledgements Select Bibliography Footnotes Picture Acknowledgements Index of Paintings Index of Names

SynopsisIn the thirty years since the artist L S Lowry's death several items have come into the public domain-including collections of private letters, now housed in the archives of The Lowry, the millennium arts centre on the banks of the Irwell, which were made available to the author. Extracts from these will be included in her new biography to give added insight to the man., In the thirty years since the artist L S Lowry's death several items have come into the public domain--including collections of private letters, now housed in the archives of The Lowry, the millennium arts centre on the banks of the Irwell, which were made available to the author. Extracts from these will be included in her new biography to give added insight to the man.

LC Classification NumberND497.L6