05/10/2026
Opening soon: L.S. Lowry The Theatre of Life 🚂
This solo exhibition of the work of Laurence Stephen Lowry marks the 50th anniversary of the Painter’s death, and 13 years since his last significant institutional show. Lowry was a British painter, best known for his industrial landscapes of northwest of England. He was born in Stretford, Greater Manchester and studied at the Municipal College of Art, Manchester, Salford School of Art and Manchester Academy of Fine Arts while working as a clerk and rent collector.
Lowry famously worked with just five colours of undiluted oil paint: ivory black, vermillion, Prussian blue, yellow ochre and flake white. Around 1915, his tutor Bernard Taylor advised him that his paintings were too dark and from then on he painted on a white ground – against which his shadowless, dark outlined shapes stood out. This became his signature technique and aesthetic.
📅24 October 2026 - 28 February 2027
📍MK Gallery, 900 Midsummer Blvd, MK9 3QA
🔗Book tickets on our website - https://mkgallery.org/event/l-s-lowry-the-battle-of-life/
Image: 1959-640. Laurence Stephen Lowry, Level Crossing, 1946. Courtesy The Lowry Collection, Salford © The Lowry Collection, Salford.
