The Lowry show at Tate Britan (until 20 Oct) is, if not a greatest hits show, full of great hits. Over only a handful of rooms you get an impression of an artist who was not only consistent in his technique but also in his world view (which then informed his technique). It’s relentless, but the relatively small scale of the show means it ends leaving you wanting more. At least, it did with me.
And here’s a very nice 1957 BBC documentary on Lowry. There’s another one on the Tate website from the late 1960s or early 1970s, I think, which shows him working at the same easel, with the same painty piece of board behind it, as seen here. That’s what it’s all about.
