This week marks the 30th anniversary of the death of LS Lowry, the Manchester painter best known for his matchstick men and matchstick cats and dogs. But his life was not simple: his domineering mother disapproved of his art until her death in his fifties. He then made a teenage girl he befriended his sole heir. So what impact did his relationships with women have on his art?
Jenni discusses Lowry's women with the art historian Michael Howard from Manchester Metropolitan University and Lowry's biographer Shelley Rohde.
LS Lowry Lecture: Julian Spalding on Why Lowry's Art Lives is at the Lowry, Salford Quays, Manchester on Tuesday 28 Feb at 7pm
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