Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)

Northern Hospital

Details

Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Northern Hospital
signed and dated 'L.S. Lowry 1926' (lower left)
oil on panel
17 x 21 in. (43.2 x 53.2 cm.)

Provenance

Lefevre Gallery, London. Forrest Hewit, thence by descent to the present owner.

Exhibited

Paris, Salon des Artistes Français, 1930.
London, Lefevre Gallery, Paintings of the Midlands by L.S. Lowry, February 1939, no.25.
London, Royal Academy, L.S. Lowry, September-November 1976, no.67. Edinburgh, Scottish Arts Council, L.S. Lowry, December 1977-January 1978, no.11: this exhibition travelled to Hawick, Wilton Lodge Museum, January-February 1978; Aberdeen, Art Gallery, February-March 1978; Dundee, Museum and Art Gallery, March-April 1978; Inverness, Museum and Art Gallery, April-May 1978; and Perth, Museum and Art Gallery, May-June 1978.
London, Royal Academy, Arts Council of Great Britain, Three Exhibitions About Painting to Movement, 1983, no.25.
Manchester, City Art Gallery (on long-term loan).

Lot Essay

Forrest Hewit (1870-1956), the director of the Calico Printers Association, was a figure and landscape painter who studied under Sickert. He was a regular exhibitor at various institutions between 1925-40, including the New English Art Club, the Royal Academy and the Royal Society of British Artists.

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