L.S. Lowry: The Art and the Artist

The book includes previously unpublished transcripts of broadcasts that shed light on Lowrys art and reputation, along with chapters on his technique, visual friendship with David Carr, and a rebuttal of a theory that suggests he suffered from Aspergers Disease. It features 256 illustrations, including 205 in full color, making it an essential guide to Lowrys extensive oeuvre and the cultural and psychological forces that shaped it.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 15 September 2021
Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group

The book opens with previously unpublished transcripts of broadcasts that provide a unique insight into Lowry's art and growing reputation. In addition to the usual elements of an art historical monograph on this scale, Rosenthal has dedicated chapters to Lowry's technique, his visual friendship with fellow painter David Carr, and a rigorous analysis and refutation of a theory that has advanced the view that Lowry suffered from Aspergers Disease. With 256 illustrations, including 205 in full color, Rosenthal's book is, and will remain, an indispensable guide to Lowry's extensive oeuvre and the cultural and psychological forces that shaped it.

The book begins with the previously unpublished transcripts of the broadcasts that cast a unique light on Lowry's art and developing reputation.

In addition to the usual elements of an art historical monograph on this scale, Rosenthal has devoted chapters to Lowry's technique, his visual friendship with fellow painter David Carr, and a rigorous analysis and refutation of a theory that has advanced the view that Lowry suffered from Aspergers Disease. With 256 illustrations, including 205 in full color, Rosenthal's book is, and will remain, an indispensable guide to Lowry's extensive oeuvre and the cultural and psychological forces that shaped it.

The book opens with previously unpublished transcripts of broadcasts that provide a unique insight into Lowry's art and growing reputation.

In addition to the usual elements of an art historical monograph on this scale, Rosenthal has dedicated chapters to Lowry's technique, his visual friendship with fellow painter David Carr, and a rigorous analysis and refutation of a theory that has advanced the view that Lowry suffered from Aspergers Disease. With 256 illustrations, including 205 in full color, Rosenthal's book is, and will remain, an indispensable guide to Lowry's extensive oeuvre and the cultural and psychological forces that shaped it.

Weight: 1880g
Dimension: 300 x 250 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781913491758