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lowry

n. countable
C2 Proficiency US //ˈɫaʊɹi// lowry

n. a painting or style that looks like the work of L.S. Lowry, an English artist famous for drawing industrial scenes with many small, thin people. These figures are often called 'matchstick men'.

n. a work of art by or in the style of the English painter L.S. Lowry, typically depicting industrial landscapes populated by stylised, thin figures. Often functions attributively to describe this 20th-century British urban aesthetic.


SIMPLE

The gallery recently purchased an original Lowry.

CONTEXTUAL

The industrial skyline with its smoking chimneys looked exactly like a Lowry painting.

COMPLEX

Art historians often debate whether the term Lowry should apply strictly to his canvases or more broadly to the bleak, industrial melancholy his work so effectively captured.

Usage

Often capitalized as it refers to the surname of the artist L.S. Lowry.

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