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Nov 7, 2023 · Quite understandably, given his rent-collecting commitments, artistic success didn’t come instantly. However, following his first solo show – in 1939, aged 51, at London’s Alex Reid & Lefevre gallery, then one of the most prestigious spaces in Mayfair – several honours came his way.
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In 1939 Lowry had his first solo exhibition in London at the Lefevre gallery. The exhibition was successful, and many of the works sold, but in October that year, Elizabeth Lowry died. Lowry described his life as altering ‘utterly and completely’ after her death.
Lowry completed an oil painting of Christ Church, On the Quay, in 1954 – the year before he met Fell when she gave her first solo exhibition at the Beaux Arts Gallery in Mayfair.
A collection of his work is on display in The Lowry, a purpose-built art gallery on Salford Quays. On 26 June 2013, a major retrospective opened at the Tate Britain in London, his first at the gallery; in 2014 his first solo exhibition outside the UK was held in Nanjing, China.
1939: Lowry has his first solo exhibition at the Lefevre gallery in London and sells many of his works. In October his mother Elizabeth Lowry dies after many years of being bedridden and nursed by her son. 1945: Lowry is awarded an Honorary MA at Manchester University.
On 26 June 2013 a major retrospective opened at the Tate Britain in London, his first at the Tate, and in 2014 his first solo exhibition outside the UK was held in Nanjing, China. Lowry was born on 1 November 1887 at 8 Barrett Street, Stretford, which was then in Lancashire.
