Lowry, Laurence Stephen (1887-1976) , painter; educated at Victoria Park School, Manchester; began work with firm of accountants, 1905; attended evening classes at Manchester Municipal College of Art, 1905-15 and at Salford School of Art, 1915-20; rent-collector and clerk with Pall Mall Property Co. in Manchester, 1910-52, kept job a closely guarded secret; many pictures painted by artificial light at night, hence the absence of shadows; his imagination haunted by the Stockport Viaduct and other industrial scenes; Manchester City Art Gallery purchased (1930) An Accident (1926); elected to Royal Society of British Artis
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