“L.S. Lowry has always been an idol of mine. His evocative portraits capture the essence of our city's industrial heartbeat ...

We and our partners use technologies, such as cookies, and collect browsing data to give you the best online experience ... A "rare" painting by LS Lowry is expected to sell for up to £1m.

Portraits of the painter LS Lowry and football legends Sir Bobby Charlton and George Best feature in two new exhibitions of work by the late artist Harold Riley in his home city.

Over the years, the gang have concocted a scheme to steal expensive bull semen, have broken into a nightclub vault via the sewers and attempted to locate LS Lowry’s priceless but unknown sex paintings ...

Two "rare" paintings by LS Lowry have sold for a combined sum of more than £1.8m. A painting of Senhouse Street in Maryport, Cumbria, went under the hammer at Christie's auction house and sold ...

Lowry, who died in 1976, is known for his depictions of working-class life in industrial parts of northern England. James ...

More than 15,000 people have visited the exhibition since it opened in May The organisers of an exhibition exploring artist LS Lowry's links to a town and his love of the sea, say visitor numbers ...

An historic painting of a West Cumbrian town is expected to fetch up to £1 million when it goes under the hammer at Christies. The painting of Senhouse Street is by legendary artist LS Lowry who ...

When he sold the company he gained the financial freedom to acquire something he had always wanted - a LS Lowry painting. He bought The Cricket Match - featuring a game on a green next to a mill.

It's dropping the "The" and will now be known as simply LOWRY, in capitals. Named after 20th century painter LS Lowry, the theatre and gallery complex opened at the heart of Salford Quays in 2000 ...

The organisers of an exhibition exploring artist LS Lowry's links to a town and his love of the sea, say visitor numbers have "surpassed expectations". Works loaned from The Lowry in Salford and ...