Art Since 1900

March 10, 2010 at 12:12 pm · Filed under modern art and tagged: artists, Ben Nicholson, LS Lowry, since 1900

Meera & Tamie:We have visited the ‘Art Since 1900’ exibition at the Herbert Art Gallery.

We explored 2 famous British artists called LS Lowry and Ben Nicholson.

LS Lowry

‘Laurence Stephen Lowry (1 November 1887 – 23 February 1976) was an English artist born Stretford, Lancashire. Many of his drawings and paintings depict nearby Salford and surrounding areas, including Pendelbury.Lowry is famous for painting scenes of life in the industrial districts of Northen England during the early 2oth century. He had a distinctive style of painting and is best known for urban landscapes peopled with human figures often referred to as “matchstick men”. He also painted mysterious unpopulated landscapes, brooding portraits, and the secret ‘marionette’ works (the latter only found after his death).’ from Wikipedia

Tamie: This peice of artwork is called Ebbw Vale by LS Lowry made in 1960. ”Fairly faithful record of famous Welsh Valley Lowry is best known for his paintings of industrial scenes featurimg his famous ‘Matchstick’ figures.

Ben Nicholson

‘Benjamin Lauder Nicholson,  (10 April 1894 – 6 February 1982) was an english abstract painter.His first notable work was following a meeting with the playwright J.M Barrie on holiday in Rustington, Sussex in 1904. As a result of this meeting, Nicholson did a poster for Peter Pan.Nicholson was exempted from World War 1 military service due to asthma. He travelled to New York in 1917 for an operation on his tonsils, then visited other American cities, returning to England in 1918. From 1920 to 1933 he was married to the painter Winifred Nicholson and lived in London. After his first exhibition of figurative works in London in 1922, his work began to be influenced by Synthetic Cubism, and later by the primitive style of Rousseau.’ from Wikipedia.

Meera:This peice of art work is from Benjamin Nicholson. This painting is done by oil and pencil on canvas. This painting is both abstract and a still life. It can be seen as a glass on a table.  Ben Nicholson is concerned with the balance between 2 sets of shapes.

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