Street Scene with Figures

Laurence Stephen Lowry 1887 - 1976

Summary

A man dressed in black clothes, with a red comforter and bowler hat, is striding towards the left. His black figure dominates the whiteish picture. His face, with its features indicated economically in strokes of black paint, is turned towards us. He is crossing a road, as are other figures in the middle distance to the left. A dilapidated fence is behind him. In the far distance are more people, and an industrial townscape, including a church, mill and factory buildings, and chimneys belching smoke. One of the buildings to the left has a structure above it with railings and a wheel, as above a pithead. The whole is painted in Lowry's simplified style and limited colour palette.