The city of Salford paid tribute to L.S Lowry by building an art gallery on Salford Quay and aptly named it The Lowry. This gallery has a permanent public display of L.S Lowry’s work, housing around 350 of his paintings and drawings.



The City of Salford houses the largest public collection to be displayed regularly in a gallery.



Many public and private collections of L.S Lowry’s work are on show in Great Britain and the United States of America.



Laurence Stephen Lowry produced up to a thousand paintings and well over eight hundred drawings.



During his lifetime L.S Lowry was awarded with an honorary Master of Arts degree which was presented by Manchester University.



He was also given an honorary Doctor of Letters by both the University of Salford and The University of Liverpool.



In 1965 L.S Lowry was awarded the prestigious Freedom of the City of Salford.



He also holds the record for the most declines of honours awards and by the end of his life it had reached the total of five.



He turned down the offer of an OBE in 1955, a CBE in 1961 and a knighthood 1968. He also declined twice to accept the CH award in both 1972 and 1976.



Five famous L.S Lowry paintings were stolen on the 2nd May 2007. Furthermore none of the paintings have ever been recovered. Two of the paintings, The Viaduct and The Tanker Entering the Tyne were valued at being worth at least £120,000.



The Viaduct and The Tanker Entering the Tyne were the most expensive paintings to be stolen.



Three more valuable paintings were stolen, The Surgery, The Bridge at Ringley and The Street Market were also taken in the heist.



The Lowry in Salford also exhibit’s the famous painting ‘Going to the Match’ which is owned by the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA).