Church Street Clitheroe - L S Lowry - Framed Prints Size:Large - 23x30 inches the encircling hills are drenched

the encircling hills are drenched in warm sunlight

Although the painting was probably executed largely on the spot

his stark urban and rural scenes are a desolate montage of deserted streets

Young Woman with Ibis found fame at the Edgar Degas retrospective held in 1988-89 at the Museum

Olympia contest seven times

Church Street Clitheroe - L S Lowry - Framed Prints Size:Large - 23x30 inches the encircling hills are drenchedViewing these works collectively one begins to understand how Lowry used the landscape as a theatrical device. The open arms of the pavement draw the spectator in, ascending the steeply foreshortened street before admiring the oversized streetlamp on the right and the impressive steeple of St. Mary Magdelene Church to the left. Renowned for his composite urban constructions and the loose topographical accuracy of his paintings this is probably one of