Photo Study – L S Lowry Statue – Mottram, Salford
@arthurchappell (44998)
Preston, England
March 12, 2016 3:51am CST
The famous Matchstick Men artist from Salford was quite a lonely figure so this statue of him sitting alone on a bench in a remote outpost of Greater Manchester seems rather apt. There are other monuments to him in the Manchester/Salford twin cities, with a statue in Sam’s Chop House, Manchester, where Lowry ate and drank, and of course The Lowry Centre in Salford Quays displays many of his wonderful paintings. He was also commemorated in a cheesy pop song called Matchstick Men and Matchstick Cats & Dogs by Brian & Michael.
He was however an intensely private, introspective and quite reclusive figure and so the Mottram statue seems rather apt in its capture of a man who often just went away to quiet places to think about life and art undisturbed.
Arthur Chappell
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Mar 16
I have never heard of him. Matchstick men must be a British thing.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
12 Mar 16
@JohnRoberts This is one of Lowry's best known paintings, called Going To Work
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search L. S. Lowry RBA, ARA Lowry at work. Born Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-11-01)1 November 1887 Stretford, Lancashire, England Died 23 February 1976(1976-02-23) (aged 88) Glossop, Derbyshire, En
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@JudyEv (337758)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Mar 16
@arthurchappell This is a great picture too.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
12 Mar 16
there are lots of great places here to see - let me know when / if you are heading here again and I can advise some places to consider
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
12 Mar 16
makes me want to sit and pretend to talk to him and be amused at people as they pass me
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
13 Mar 16
@Jessicalynnt friends and I used used to stand and point into the sky as if we had seen something amazing and then watch people craning their necks to see what we must be looking at
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
12 Mar 16
@arthurchappell in college me and my late friend used to get a group together and fake playing a really odd game with no rules. We'd just make things up and pretend to be playing together, just to chortle over all the people who would stop and trrrryyy to figure out what in the world we were playing!
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Mar 16
Is the same song as "Pictures of Matchstick Men?" I always liked that one.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
12 Mar 16
@teamfreak16 no pictures of Matchstick Men was an early Status Quo record - great one too - this is the Brian & Michael song
Duo Brian and Michael singing their #1 hit 'Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs' on Top of the Pops in 1978. If you liked this clip then subscribe to...
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Mar 16
@arthurchappell - Never heard this one before, but I did like it. Thanks for the link.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
13 Jan 20
@Fleura I'd love to think of a statue of me being positioned like that
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@Fleura (30030)
• United Kingdom
13 Jan 20
@arthurchappell Would you be sketching? Or maybe writing little word portraits?
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