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Mrs Lowry and Son

"An ugly painting. The painting by Mr L.S. Lowry - Coming From The Mill - is confusing...

Elizabeth Lowry:
[reading from a newspaper] "An ugly painting. The painting by Mr L.S. Lowry - Coming From The Mill - is confusing and appears to have been painted by a child. The figures if we may call them figures are nothing but smudges. Ridiculous marionettes suspended in a squalid industrial scene. If this is Mr Lowry's vision of the Lancashire landscape and its people, I feel very sorry for him. It is a most unsatisfactory picture and an insult to the people of Lancashire."

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'An ugly painting
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The painting by Mr L S Lowry Coming From The Mill
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is confusing and appears to have been painted by a child
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The figures if we may call them figures are nothing but smudges
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Ridiculous marionettes suspended in a squalid industrial scene
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If this is Mr Lowry's vision of the Lancashire landscape and its people
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I feel very sorry for him
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It is a most unsatisfactory picture and an insult to the people of Lancashire '
Duration
33 seconds
Views
327
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:29
Uploaded
Jun 13, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, history
Production
Genesius Pictures,IPG Media Pty

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Movie Summary

A portrait of the artist L.S. Lowry and the relationship with his mother, who tries to dissuade him from pursuing his passion.

Actors

Vanessa Redgrave
Elizabeth Lowry
Vanessa Redgrave
Ridiculous marionettes suspended in a squalid industrial scene. - Mrs Lowry and Son 00:06
Ridiculous marionettes suspended in a squalid industrial sce...
It is a most unsatisfactory picture and an insult to the people of Lancashire.' - Mrs Lowry and Son 00:07
It is a most unsatisfactory picture and an insult to the peo...
Mr Denby is not impressed, Laurie! - Mrs Lowry and Son 00:05
Mr Denby is not impressed, Laurie!
He knows more than you know. He knows everything! He's an art critic! - Mrs Lowry and Son 00:05
He knows more than you know. He knows everything! He's ...
I'm not interested in what Mr Denby knows, mother. - Mrs Lowry and Son 00:05
I'm not interested in what Mr Denby knows, mother.
He knows something about your picture! 'Coming From The Mill'. - Mrs Lowry and Son 00:05
He knows something about your picture! 'Coming From The...
He doesn't approve! He decrees it an insult! - Mrs Lowry and Son 00:04
He doesn't approve! He decrees it an insult!
Painting these squalid industrial scenes, - Mrs Lowry and Son 00:06
Painting these squalid industrial scenes,
Yes! Every painting looks as if it was painted by a child. - Mrs Lowry and Son 00:05
Yes! Every painting looks as if it was painted by a child.
Yes, but a child didn't paint it, mother, I did. - Mrs Lowry and Son 00:04
Yes, but a child didn't paint it, mother, I did.
Yes, precisely. - Mrs Lowry and Son 00:04
Yes, precisely.
It's not a hobby! Mother. I went to art school. - Mrs Lowry and Son 00:05
It's not a hobby! Mother. I went to art school.
I know everything about artistic attributes, Laurie, - Mrs Lowry and Son 00:09
I know everything about artistic attributes, Laurie,
Ever since you were born, I've asked myself the same question. - Mrs Lowry and Son 00:05
Ever since you were born, I've asked myself the same qu...
I've got no idea what or who you are! - Mrs Lowry and Son 00:04
I've got no idea what or who you are!
Night after night I sit up here. In the attic. - Mrs Lowry and Son 00:05
Night after night I sit up here. In the attic.
Outside, one solitary star watches over me. - Mrs Lowry and Son 00:06
Outside, one solitary star watches over me.
I paint and I paint. - Mrs Lowry and Son 00:04
I paint and I paint.
A smudge here with my finger. A stroke of the brush there. - Mrs Lowry and Son 00:06
A smudge here with my finger. A stroke of the brush there.
Because the clock in the hall just chimed. - Mrs Lowry and Son 00:05
Because the clock in the hall just chimed.