Stunning new original paintings in LS Lowry style from Sean Durkin.
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New LS Lowry style original paintings
Sean Durkin paints in the style of LS Lowry and his Dad stole an original Lowry from a museum. Read More about his incredible story.
New paintings in Lowry style
New original paintings from Sean Durkin, the Last Drop Inn and Inn The Drink.
Sean is a well known and popular UK artist who paints in the style of LS Lowry and with an amazing back story involving the theft by his father of a Lowry original ! Read More
The Art of the Thief (Limited Edition) and the Memoirs of Peter Durkin (Book) are also available.
Pictures in the style of Lowry ?
Sean Durkin has developed a huge following by painting stunning pictures in the style of LS Lowry. Even more remarkable is his unique story involving his father stealing a Lowry from a Middlesborough art gallery in protest at the restricted opening hours ! Read More
New original paintings in the style of LS Lowry
Sean Durkin is a very popular artist who paints in the style of LS Lowry. Even more remarkable is his father, who famously stole L.S. Lowry’s painting of the Old Town Hall from Middlesbrough Art Gallery. This was in protest at the gallery’s closure on a Sunday, which he considered prohibitive to working-class access to art. Read More
Sean now acknowledges his father and this story by always including a figure of a policeman and a robber as well as showing the time ( ten to two ) when the theft was discovered on any clocks in all of his paintings.
He has also produced a book based on the memoir of his grandfather, Peter Durkin, growing up in interwar Middlesborough which is brought to life through Sean’s illustrations of the names and places he depicts in his artwork. A copy of this book – The Most Famous Man On Marsh Road – is included free with every original painting or limited edition purchased from us.
A limited edition picture inspired by a true story
Sean Durkin’s limited editions of The Art of the Thief, as in all his work, depicts figures of both a robber and a policeman.
This is in recognition of his father who in 1972, stole a painting from Middlesbrough Art Gallery by renowned Manchester artist LS Lowry.
The painting was of St Hilda’s Church and Middlesbrough’s old Town Hall – and he then demanded the Mayor raffle his underpants for charity to secure the painting’s safe return.
When he was arrested by police after the theft, he had a ransom letter calling for art galleries to be opened on Sundays “to allow the working man to get some culture”.
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Classic original paintings in a highly recognisable style
A Teessider whose dad caused a sensation when he stole a Lowry painting from a Middlesbrough gallery, Sean Durkin is making a name for himself as an artist painting in Lowry’s style.
Some paintings that Lowry didn’t get round to doing himself ? New originals in LS Lowry style from Sean Durkin
Original art in a famous style
New original paintings in LS Lowry style from artist Sean Durkin, whose Dad was arrested for stealing one from a museum ! Read more about this remarkable story
Superb LS Lowry inspired original paintings from well known artist Sean Durkin
Sean Durkin has been inspired to paint in LS Lowry style after his father stole a Lowry painting in protest of art galleries not being open to suit working people !
In 1972, John Durkin stole the painting by renowned Manchester artist LS Lowry, depicting St Hilda’s Church and Middlesbrough’s old Town Hall – and then demanded the Mayor raffle his underpants for charity to secure the painting’s safe return. When he was arrested by police after the theft, he had a ransom letter calling for art galleries to be opened on Sundays “to allow the working man to get some culture”.
His son Sean, eight at the time, remembers the affair well – and is now a successful painter in his own right. He said: “I remember going downstairs one morning and on the mantelpiece there was this little painting depicting what looked to me like a big house, a church, and some ‘matchstick’ people scurrying around.
The Buntings Out
The Buntings Out by Sean Durkin is an original oil painting in LS Lowry style. Can you see the underpants ?!
Read More about Sean Durkin‘s story to find out their significance.
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