Personalidades inglesas-English section.-L.S.Lowry.

BIOGRAPHY.
Lawrence Stephen Lowry was born in November of 1887 and died the 23rd of February in 1976 of pneumonia at the Woods Hospital .

He was an English painter and drawer borned in Lancashire,the UK.Many of his paints...

depict Pendlebury and Salford.He is famous for paint scenes of life in the industrial districts of North West England and developed a distinctive style of painting.
Is best known for his urban landscapes peopled with human figures refered as "matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs.
A large collection of L.S.Lowry is in the Art Gallery of  Sailford Quays.He bought works from 

 young artists he admired, such as James Lawrence Isherwood .
He holds the record for the most rejected British Honours:5 in total;appointment to the (Order of the British Empire): as an Officer (OBE) in 1955, and as a Commander (CBE) in 1961. He turned down a knighthood in 1968, and appointments to the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) in 1972 and 1976. He appears to hold the record for the most honours declined.
Interesting things:

The duo "Brian and Michael "has a tribute to the artist in 1978,two years after he died. It was called Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs and spent three weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart and 19 weeks in the chart.The tune of the song has been adapted into a song sung by fans of Scottish football club Celtic CF, entitled Willie Maley, who was a prominent figure in the early history of the club. The song can be heard on a weekly basis sung by fans, and played over the loudspeaker system at Celtic Park.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVR-PyRC4io-Link to the song by "BRIAN AND MICHAEL".

Lyrics to Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs :

He painted Salford's smokey tops 

On cardboard boxes from the shops
And parts of ancoats where I used to play
I'm sure he once walked down our street
Cause he painted kids who had nowt on their feet
The clothes we wore had all see better days
Now they said his works of art were dull
No room all round the walls are full
But Lowry didn't care much anyway
They said he just paints cats and dogs 

And matchstalk men in boots and clogs
And Lowry said that's just the way they'll stay
And he painted matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
He painted kids on the corner of the street that were sparking clogs
Now he takes his brush and he waits outside them factory gates
To paint his matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
Now canvas and brushes were wearing thin
When London started calling him
To come on down and wear the old flat cap
They said tell us all about your ways
And all about them Salford days
Is it true you're just an ordinary chap
And he painted matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
He painted kids on the corner of the street that were sparking clogs
Now he takes his brush and he waits outside them factory gates
To paint his matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
Now Lowry's hang upon the wall
Beside the greatest of them all
And even the Mona Lisa takes a bow
This tired old man with hair like snow
Told northern folk it's time to go
The fever came and the good lord mopped his brow
And he left us matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
He left us kids on the corner of the street that were sparking clogs
Now he takes his brush and he waits outside them pearly gates
To paint his matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
And he left us matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
He left us kids on the corner of the street that were sparking clogs
Now he takes his brush and he waits outside them pearly gates
To paint his matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
And he left us matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
He left us kids on the corner of the street that were sparking clogs
Now he takes his brush and he waits outside them pearly gates
To paint his matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
And he left us matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
He left us kids on the corner of the street that were sparking clogs
Now he takes his brush and he waits outside them pearly gates
To paint his matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs.

• "You don't need brains to be a painter, just feelings."-L.R.LOWRY.

• "I am not an artist. I am a man who paints."L.R.LOWRY