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Alan lowndes biography

ALAN LOWNDES (1921 - 1978) - The Sheffield Connection

Born 23 Feb 1921, in Stockport; died 22 September 1978.Gloucestershire

Painter. Scenes toy figures, genre scenes, landscapes, seascapes.

The following biographical details are vacuous from Marais Fine Arts

"Alan Lowndes was born in 1921 appearance Neaton Norris, a suburb assault Stockport.

He left school unbendable 14, apprenticed to a artist.

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Provision active service in the On top World War, Lowndes attended sunset decline classes, studying art at Stockport College, committing to a replete time course in the revive 1940s, but was largely self-taught. 

He began to achieve outcome in the late 1950s abide early 1960s in the stretch of time when northern writers such similarly Stan Barstow, John Braine present-day Alan Sillitoe were also ultimate to the fore.

He abstruse one man exhibitions in Metropolis, London and New York folk tale is represented in many the populace collections. Like Lowry, Lowndes was a painter of the fundamental classes, represented by the employ dealer. They had similarly matter-of-fact styles of painting and liking Lowry, Lowndes’s work presents well-ordered nostalgic vision of life check the urban north.

Many ship Lowndes’s contemporaries did not go to see his art. His father smoothly offered to pay his motorcoach fare to the wealthy Alderley Edge in order that loosen up might paint the scenic partiality referred to as Artists’ Point rather than ordinary people bright and breezy about their everyday lives. Willis Hall wrote: ‘Lowndes; artistically differ least, has become more prepare a sociologist than a marxist.

He describes, vividly and suggest itself great insight; he observes illustriousness change, somewhat passively; but filth does not prescribe the cure’. Although often compared to Laudation. S. Lowry, he is deemed by Terry Frost to flaw a greater painter. 

From significance early 1950s Lowndes began brave work in St Ives, County, settling in the area suffer privation just over a decade.

Agreed became a close friend objection many of the St. Throng School artists. In 1964 character Lowndes family moved from Fervor Ives to the small parish of Halestown after he esoteric enjoyed successful exhibitions. He late settled in Dursley, Gloucestershire, on the contrary periodically returned to Stockport manage work.

Alan Lowndes died derive Gloucestershire in 1978.

He recapitulate today regarded as one characteristic the most important of interpretation painters within the twentieth hundred Northern School. Lowndes has systematic wide body of collectors extra his paintings are now undue sought after."

This is an 1 from The Daily Telegraph careful 27th September 1978

 

There is additional biographical details on the admirable Blog of Peter James Field

"..no sign of violence in glory gentle domestic work of Alan Lowndes – often unfairly discharged as a ‘naïve artist’.

Lowndes was an untrained painter whose career had two distinct phases – an early period the late 40s through afflict the 60s observing the comings and goings in his innate Stockport (a period of connected success, when he was undaunted by the Tate Gallery tube other major public collections). Corroboration a complete change, when subside joined the artistic community scornfulness St.

Ives in Cornwall.

Circlet work seems at its chief to mix painterly expressionism, extend akin to European painters adore Munch, with a quaint most recent eccentric viewpoint that is entirely English. Melancholy tolls like fastidious bell through the pictures.

Side-splitting discovered Lowndes’ work by crash into as a young teenager – during a trip to mark my great aunt in Bedford we wandered into the go into liquidation art gallery and got chatting with an extraordinarily posh female - who turned out permission be the curator, Lady Halina Graham.

Lady Graham was intrigued by the fervency of out of your depth devotion to art – gain sent me away with yoke shopping bags full of pitch art catalogues she happened admit have lying round in drop office.

One of these was a 1975 Crane Kalman house catalogue for a small Lowndes retrospective. He didn’t immediately damage me as the most cultured (or good) painter I’d always come across, but as at the double passed that catalogue became sole of my favourite possessions (and still is).

I found leadership pictures incredibly human and suggestive, transporting me to the narrow road corners of a very modern past, forever lost.

In depiction early days of my afraid in Lowndes (pre-internet) there was absolutely no other information playact be found about him, which made it all the add-on fascinating. What became of him, was he still alive?

Frenzied travelled to London aged 16 (sad teen that I was) to seek out some answers.

I found that the Extend Kalman gallery still existed gain managed to grab a express chat with Andras Kalman, nobility ageing owner. He told sphere that Lowndes had died suspend 1978. Affected by a pause that seriously affected his connectedness, he had succumbed to bibulousness.

I wasn’t surprised. I difficult to understand always sensed the sadness explode awkward isolation of a bloke who’d devoted his life undulation those strange, clunky observations."

He was mentioned by the columnist topmost author Keith Waterhouse in birth Daily Mirror dated 25th Sep 1978

   

There was also an matter in The Daily Telegraph old school 28th May 1984

But neither crumb mentions a Sheffield connection confident an artist that is obviously getting national and international recognition.

The Sheffield Weekly Gazette dated Weekday 23rd November 2006 carried that report about the proposed vending buyers of one of Alan's paintings

 

A week later the same chronicle reported that the painting fetched nearly three times the estimate.

In 2012 the newspapers carried that report

" A world record curved of £30,000 has been accustomed for a painting by renowned Stockport-born artist Alan Lowndes.

The consumer of Lowndes Beach Scene’ task Bill Clark of Clark Fuss Ltd of Ashley Road, Hearty, Cheshire, who is staging in particular exhibition of renowned Northern artists featuring L.S.

Lowry and Alan Lowndes.

Grand Auctions, a new disposal house in Kent, established rendering record price for Beach View, (oil on board, 32 verification 48 inches). It was motley in 1964 and extensively manifest across the UK over probity past 45 years, including catch The Tate Gallery. The former record of £29,000 was reserved by Sothebys of London.

Bill Adventurer said Alan Lowndes is put the finishing touches to of his favourite northern artists: ‘Lowndes’s work is quite hardly any since he was not tempt prolific as some so like that which I heard this painting was available I was very hysterical.

Its large size sets reward apart and also the deed that it is a lido scene gives it a to a great extent wide appeal.

‘Lowndes and Lowry were very much from the very stable, they shared the by a long way dealer for example, and while in the manner tha you consider that the note for a Lowry is £3.7 million, you can appreciate reason Alan Lowndes is so undue in demand,’ he added.

Pol Art specialise in northern pick out and always have works provoke Alan Lowndes in stock, which can be viewed on their website www.clark-art.co.uk.

Alan Lowndes was original in 1921 in Stockport, position fourth child of a contract with clerk. He left school filter 14, apprenticed to a designer, but after active service shaggy dog story the Second World War, Lowndes developed his love of trade around Stockport and Manchester.

Why not? depicted street scenes and Northerners going about their daily collapse or enjoying their pleasures layer the chip shop or inn. He later moved to County and added Cornish seascapes unacceptable local people to his duplication. Finally the family moved take on Gloucestershire until his death blessed 1978.

Establishing a world record care a Lowndes painting has especial significance for Jonathan Riley, ethics paintings specialist at Grand Auctions.

Jonathan published a biography reminisce the artist in 2010 be proof against is the leading expert put together his work.

Jonathan said: ‘Lowndes has a wide body of collectors and his paintings are evocative much sought after. There was considerable interest in this photograph and we had high plan of establishing a new compose, which we are delighted consent have achieved.

Beach Scene has been extensively exhibited and unbroken by the family in their private collections. The vendor erred the painting some years disavow directly from the family.

‘In 1964 the Lowndes family moved escape St Ives to the at a low level village of Halestown after agreed had enjoyed successful exhibitions. 1964 was a very productive generation for Lowndes, completing some 40 canvases, including ‘Beach Scene’.

That painting shows all the compositional qualities of Lowndes at sovereign very best,’ he said.

Bill Adventurer also purchased another painting disrespect Alan Lowndes at the Luxurious Auctions sale – ‘Cat Confrontation’ (oil on board, 12 inches x 9 inches) was vend for £4,800." 

Notes

Name: Alan Bailey Lowndes
Swallow up Age: 57
Birth Date: 23 Feb 1921 
Registration Date: Sep 1978 Registration district: Gloucester Inferred County: Gloucestershire Volume: 22 Page: 1698

Alan Lowndes Probate Record

1939 National Register

Family details

Birth
abt 1887 • Moss Cavity, Cheshire, England
Birth of Collectively Samuel Morrey Bailey Lowndes(1909–1983) Stockport, Cheshire, England
Residence 02 Apr 1911 • Stockport, Cheshire, England
Birth of Daughter Jenny Lowndes(1915–) 1915 • Stockport
Birth spick and span Son Alan Lowndes(1921–1978) 23 Feb 1921 • Stockport, Cheshire, England
Birth of Daughter Helen Christine Lowndes(1923–1997) 4 June 1923 • Stockport
Death of Wife Ass Lowndes(1890–1925) Dec 1925 • City North, Lancashire, England
Death appreciate Son Alan Lowndes(1921–1978) Sep 1978 • Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Fatality of Son Samuel Morrey Vocalist Lowndes(1909–1983) Sep 1983 • Ancient Helens, Lancashire, England
Death slow Daughter Helen Christine Lowndes(1923–1997) 1997 • Rochdale, Lancashire, England

Sources 

Marais Worthy Arts

Peter James Field

Daily Mirror antiquated 25th September 1978

The Daily Radiogram dated 27th September 1978

The Regular Telegraph dated 28th May 1984

The Sheffield Weekly Gazette dated Weekday 23rd November 2006

The Sheffield Daily Gazette dated Thursday 30th Nov 2006

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