The painting, "Going To The Mill", was bought by literary editor ... won fame for his paintings of industrial parts of northern England populated with his signature "matchstick" figures. The work ...

Lowry, who died in 1976 at the age of 88, became known for his classic depictions of working-class life, in particular the distinctive 'matchstick men' seen in the painting being sold, along with ...

He is famous for his 'matchstick men' drawings of industrial scenes in northern England. But early art school drawings that have been discovered after 100 years show that LS Lowry was also ...

While the term 'matchstick men’ has been endlessly used in relation to these figures, Clark doesn’t object to it. 'Modern art is always simplifying and schematising. This is what happens when ...

They say life imitates art, and that was certainly the case when a town recreated a celebrated British artist's work with residents dressing up as his 'matchstick' men and women. More than 70 peop ...

Long gone are the days when his so-called "matchstick" men were regarded as ... tutored in his craft at the Manchester Academy of Fine Art and Salford Royal Technical College.

For decades they have hung on the walls of art lovers' homes across northern ... who taught LS Lowry to draw his celebrated matchstick men and mill worker scenes, have soared nearly a hundred ...

The painting, "Going To The Mill", was bought ... of industrial parts of northern England populated with his signature "matchstick" figures. The work shows mill workers scurrying to work with ...