Are My Paintings Really By L.S. Lowry? | Fake Or Fortune

Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould investigate whether three small paintings are really the work of one of Britain's best-loved modern artists, L.S. Lowry, who is one of the most forged artists in history.

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[darilynkrupp]

Bit of art, bit of history and science, bit of mystery and personality, and completely enjoyable to watch.

[carolynmcpherson]

Brilliant to bring in the forger! He has a point of view no one else can match.

[blutigers]

I never heard of the artist but I loved and thoroughly enjoyed the research of this the artist and his works. Now I know more about Lowry than my husband. It is a brilliant documentary.

[donstclair]

Yes! I started binge watching this series a couple weeks ago and just ran out of episodes last night! Perfect timing - thanks perspective
Phillip and Fiona are a great team btw

[TheFiown]

When I was in college, one of my friend's father had a large collection of Lowrys. I still remember being impressed by them but not wholy understanding the style as we were educated in anatomy and more realism. I still love them and today it's more my taste, but not my budget!

[Engelhafen]

I used to paint with lead white in the 70s as a kid and people began to become very concerned with that pigment around then and many artists switched to something less toxic.

[michaelmottlau]

The audio in these episodes are absolutetly brilliant. Very well done to the person behind the audio recordings. I would love to hear what kind of microphones was used and where the lavalier microphones were mounted on the body of the hosts of this programme.

[crush]

I said it before while watching a Waldemar
This is the greatest Youtube channel ever made <3
Culture, anthropology, education, and always gripping

[RogerFleischer-pf]

This was an especially enjoyable episode, perhaps because the genre is modern folk art. As far as the 5-color formula, this is a tribute to the artist's forsight and cleverness, because he came up with a way to fake the fakers by appearing to naively give away a secret to his techniique, At least some forger will have tried it, failed, and gone on to easier artists to copy.

[MasterAlgae]

"What do you need to do to fake a Lowry?" I would have said, "You need to make it look like a Lowry." I guess that's why I'm not an art expert!😆😆

[edvin]

I'm just a lorry/truck/semi driver. Never had an interest in art. But with this show I've learned so so much.

[caroleketelsen]

great job. I enjoy your programs very much, for both the mystery and the art education

[stevie-ray]

Seeing the Jensen Interceptor in the background of the photo of his parents says he also had good taste in motor cars!
As for the discrepancy in the use of zinc or titanium white paints, it's easily explained by the fact that those paints were used in the preparation of the board prior to the actual painting (there's a specific term for this which I can't recall), and as lead-based paints became restricted for household paints that would've driven up the manufacturing costs for artist's paints using lead-oxide.
Perhaps Lowry was also trying to reduce his exposure to lead?

[katharinatrub]

Really, Fiona, Philipe and Bendor Grosvenor left again, No Stone unturned! And I discovered an Artist I never herd of nor did I like particularly his painting at first. but, after having watched L.S.Lowry talk and paint in his Studio, watched the Documentary..., they grew on me. 
I feel very happy to be able to go from one Fake or Fortune the next... !

[anthonymorales]

By far my favorite episode. The dedication and the resources to bring this forward, just extraordinary

[kerrykrishna]

Absolutely outstanding work here Team.

[hudlifuk]

Thanks for this programme, I learn new names of art history.

[susanhazard]

Lowry was using five colors. Whether it was lead, titanium or zinc white, it was white. Sometimes you buy what you can afford, or what is available.

[bethbartlett]

Windsor and Newton the brand I routinely use, and some Rembrandt, a delicious paint.

[patricksanders]

The gallery should have contacted the buyer to explain the situation and hopefully they could contact Fake or Fortune.