"He started painting boats when he was just a child and later in life he painted a lot of very evocative, empty seascapes," he added. The Estate of LS Lowry/The Lowry Collection LS Lowry.

A single £350,000 bid saw the LS Lowry painting bought by new owners A painting by LS Lowry has been sold for £350,000 on the Isle of Man, raising a third less than what auctioneers had expected.

Dozens of the paintings inspired by LS Lowry are adorning back lanes, old coal houses and garages in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea since August, with more added over Christmas. They were the idea of Angie ...