Fri, 07 Feb
|Chandler's Ford
Film/Lecture – Looking for Lowry
55 minute documentary presented by Duncan Mckellar a Local Cartoonist and Architect
Time & Location
07 Feb 2025, 19:15 – 22:15
Chandler's Ford, Greenways, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh SO53 2LE, UK
About the event
LOOKING FOR LOWRY is an entertaining documentary film about the life and work of the much loved British artist L.S. LOWRY. This contemporary new film illuminates Lowry's extraordinary vision for the first time in high definition, as we meet those who knew him and those who have been inspired in our post-industrial age by his unique observations of our country and his powerful artistic legacy.
Internationally acclaimed Hollywood star and fellow Lancastrian, Ian McKellen brings Lowry's character vividly to life - as a passionate devotee of Lowry he is committed to proving that Lowry is one of our greatest 20th Century painters. "if you want any proof that Lowry was a great painter you only have to look at his crowds…once you have seen how Lowry saw us, it's hard to be in a crowd without saying 'We are all in a Lowry painting!'"
Celebrated artist Dame Paula…