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Daily Record
07-05-2025
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- Daily Record
Newmains & District Gala Committee announces 2025 gala court
This year's gala queen is St Brigid's Primary School pupil Jorgie Macer. She will be crowned at this year's event which will be held on Saturday, June 14. Newmains & District Gala Committee have announced the 2025 gala court. This year's gala queen is St Brigid's Primary School pupil Jorgie Macer. She will be crowned at this year's event which will be held on Saturday, June 14. Jorgie will be joined in this year's gala court from kids who attend Newmains, St Brigid's, Morningside and Cambusnethan primary schools as well as youngsters from Newmains, Abernethyn and Cambusnethan nursery classes. Ahead of the big day in June, Newmains will host its annual Civic Week with events taking place over seven days. The gala committee will be hosting a prize bingo on Thursday, May 29, at Robin's Bar. The fun starts at 7.30pm with eyes down at 8pm. There will also be a family fun night at Robin's Bar on Friday, May 30, starting at 6pm. Adult tickets cost £5 with children's tickets priced at £2; everyone is welcome. For more information visit the Newmains & District Gala Committee Facebook page.
Yahoo
28-04-2025
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- Yahoo
Lowry painting bought for £10 expected to fetch £1m at auction
A rare painting by LS Lowry originally bought for £10 is expected to sell for up to £1 million nearly 100 years later. The painting, Going To The Mill, was bought by Arthur Wallace for £10 in 1926 and has been in the same family ever since. It is now going up for auction for the first time at Mall Galleries, central London, with Lyon & Turnbull fine auctioneers, where it is estimated to sell for between £700,000 and £1 million next month. Lowry completed Going To The Mill in 1925, with the painting reflecting his signature style of industrial landscapes and figures. It is believed to be one of the earliest sales made by the Stretford-born painter. The painting was originally bought by Arthur Wallace, the Manchester Guardian's literary editor, who used it to mark Manchester Civic Week, celebrating the city's industrial success. Going To The Mill is marked on the back as being £30, but Lowry let Mr Wallace have it for £10. Recently on long-term loan to Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, the artwork has been in the Wallace family for the past century. Lowry also gifted Mr Wallace an additional work, The Manufacturing Town, which the family sold several years ago. Explaining the original sale, Mr Wallace's grandson Keith Wallace said: 'Lowry said with great daring, 'Could we say £10?', and Grandpa wrote a cheque. 'Then Lowry wrote back to him saying, 'I think I've charged you too much. Can I give you another one as well?'. So Grandpa got two Lowrys for his £10.' The Wallace family still have Lowry's letter from Nov 9 1926 where he writes: 'Many thanks for your letter and cheque for £10. 'I am very glad Mrs Wallace likes the picture ... and take the liberty of asking you to please accept The Manufacturing Town as a souvenir of the Civic Week.' According to Simon Hucker, senior specialist in modern and contemporary art at the Lyon & Turnbull auction house, Going To The Mill is a rare yet classic Lowry painting. 'Going To The Mill is the epitome of a 1920s Lowry, when he truly becomes a unique voice,' he said. 'It is especially rare for a painting such as this to have had only one owner. 'A work of similar size and date sold from HSBC's collection last year went for £1.2 million. We are very proud to present this painting to the market for the first time since it was sold directly by Lowry.' Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Daily Mail
28-04-2025
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- Daily Mail
LS Lowry painting that was bought for £10 could make a family millionaires
An early painting by L.S Lowry which was bought in a 'two for one' deal for £10 is now tipped fetch a lucky family £1million. The legendary English artist sold the 17ins by 21ins oil on panel work, entitled Going to the Mill, to journalist Arthur Wallace in 1926 for one third of the £30 listed price. But a modest Lowry still felt he had charged the supportive literary editor too much so he gave him an extra painting, The Manufacturing Town, for free. Going to the Mill (1925) is signed and dated by Lowry in the lower left hand corner. It shows a mill and chimney behind a domed roof and a wall of windows, with scurrying 'matchstick' mill workers in the foreground. The Manufacturing Town was sold by the Wallace family during Lowry's lifetime with his blessing to support a new generation of the family 'setting up'. It is now in the collection of the Science Museum in London. Now, after a century of ownership, the Wallace family are selling Going to the Mill via auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull with an estimate of £700,000 to £1million. Once again, the proceeds of the sale is intended to support a new generation of the Wallace family. Wallace, who was the literary editor at the Guardian (then the Manchester Guardian), had approached Lowry about buying Going to the Mill after it was displayed in Lewis's department store during the 1925 Manchester Civic Week. At the time, Lowry was still a relatively unknown and underappreciated artist, a far cry from his stature today. Lowry, who died in 1976 at the age of 88, became known for his classic depictions of working-class life, in particular the distinctive 'matchstick men' seen in the painting being sold, along with many others. The Wallace family still have Lowry's letter of November 9, 1926, stating: 'Many thanks for your letter and cheque £10. 'I am very glad Mrs Wallace likes the picture Going to Work and take the liberty of asking you to please accept The Manufacturing Town as a souvenir of the Civic Week. 'I can assure you that it will always be with great pleasure that I shall think of that Saturday morning.' The auctioneers said it is 'especially rare' to find a single owner Lowry painting on the market. Simon Hucker, senior specialist in modern and contemporary art at Lyon & Turnbull, said: 'Civic Week was held by Manchester City Council ostensibly to celebrate the city's industrial success, but also with an ulterior motive to discourage the city's disgruntled workers from going on strike. 'It was the grim nature of workers' lives that interested Lowry but this also made it hard for him to find an audience for his work. 'The Manufacturing Town was sold by the Wallace family - with Lowry's blessing, as he understood that a new generation of the family needed help getting set up - and is now in the collection of the Science Museum in London. 'Going to the Mill was kept - recently being on long-term loan to Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, and only comes to market now as a further generation finds themselves in need of a leg up. 'This is a painting which shows us that Lowry is no naif painter of 'matchstick men and matchstick cats and dogs', as the hit song by Brian and Michael in 1977 put it. 'It is the work of an artist of true dexterity who is making a deliberate formal choice, abstracting the figure, in order to express a concept, the sense of a life lived in even the smallest, most incidental figure. 'Going to the Mill is the epitome of a 1920s Lowry, when he truly becomes a unique voice. 'It is especially rare is for a painting such as this to have had only one owner. 'A work of similar size and date sold from HSBC's collection last year went for £1.2m. 'We are very proud to present this painting to the market for the first time since it was sold directly by Lowry.' The sale takes place in the Mall Galleries, London, on Thursday, May 1.
The Herald Scotland
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Lowry painting could fetch £1m at auction this week
It's being offered by Lyon & Turnbull, Scotland's oldest and largest fine art auctioneers, this Friday as part of its two-day Modern Made sale in London. Lowry studied painting and drawing in the evenings at the Municipal College of Art in Manchester (1905-15) and at Salford School of Art (1915-1925) while working as a rent collector during the day. He painted Going to the Mill in 1925, but it wasn't until his one-man exhibition nearly 15 years later in 1939 that he achieved widespread fame for his portrayal of everyday industrial scenes in and around Manchester peopled by his distinctive figures. According to Simon Hucker, Senior Specialist in Modern and Contemporary Art with the UK-wide auction house, Going to the Mill depicts a very early iteration of Lowry's classic subject matter. READ MORE: Painting from forgotten female artist to go to auction 65 years after her death Rare John Byrne painting of The Beatles sells for more than £27,000 Rembrandt etching sells for more than £225k at Edinburgh auction It was originally acquired directly from Lowry by the Manchester Guardian's literary editor, A.S. (Arthur) Wallace, who used three of Lowry's works to illustrate a special supplement to mark Manchester Civic Week in October 1925. During Civic Week, Lowry's works were displayed in Lewis' department store in the city, where they were mostly passed by – despite the favourable reviews The Guardian had given his work when it was first exhibited in Manchester in 1921. Wallace was taken by Lowry's work, striking up a friendship with the artist and asking to buy one. Going to the Mill is marked on the back as being £30, but Lowry let Wallace have it for £10. The artist also threw in an additional work, The Manufacturing Town, which the family sold several years ago. Mr Hucker explained: "Civic Week was held by Manchester City Council ostensibly to celebrate the city's industrial success, but also with an ulterior motive to discourage the city's disgruntled workers from going on strike. "It was the grim nature of workers' lives that interested Lowry but this also made it hard for him to find an audience for his work." A.J. Wallace approached Lowry directly about selling Going to the Mill to him. The painting features the classic Lowry view of a mill and chimney behind, a domed roof and a wall of windows – all foregrounded by scurrying 'matchstick' millworkers. Unlike his later works, there is a sootiness to his palette. Later, he would stage his visions of industrial scenes of the city against isolating backgrounds of plain flake-white paint. Speaking to The Guardian on behalf of the family, his grandson Keith Wallace, explained: "Lowry said with great daring: 'Could we say £10?' and Grandpa wrote a cheque. Then Lowry wrote back to him saying: 'I think I've charged you too much. Can I give you another one as well?' So Grandpa got two Lowrys for his £10." The Wallace family still have Lowry's letter of 9 November 1926, in which the artist writes: "Many thanks for your letter and cheque for £10. I am very glad Mrs Wallace likes the picture Going to Work and take the liberty of asking you to please accept The Manufacturing Town as a souvenir of the Civic Week. I can assure you that it will always be with great pleasure that I shall think of that Saturday morning." The journalist and the painter remained in touch and, in later years, Arthur's retirement book from The Guardian included a letter from Lowry saying 'so sorry to hear you're retiring through ill health." Mr Hucker added: "The Manufacturing Town was sold by the Wallace family – with Lowry's blessing, as he understood that a new generation of the family needed help getting set up – and is now in the collection of the Science Museum in London. "Going to the Mill was kept – recently being on long-term loan to Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, and only comes to market now as a further generation finds themselves in need of a leg up. "This is a painting which shows us that Lowry is no naif painter of 'matchstick men and matchstick cats and dogs', as the hit song by Brian and Michael in 1977 put it. "It is the work of an artist of true dexterity who is making a deliberate formal choice, abstracting the figure, in order to express a concept, the sense of a life lived in even the smallest, most incidental figure. "Going to the Mill is the epitome of a 1920s Lowry, when he truly becomes a unique voice. It is especially rare is for a painting such as this to have had only one owner. A work of similar size and date sold from HSBC's collection last year went for £1.2m. We are very proud to present this painting to the market for the first time since it was sold directly by Lowry."
