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| From Turner to Lowry: Timothy Spall provides portrait of another artist | From Turner to Lowry: Timothy Spall provides portrait of another artist |
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| Actor says he is ‘trying to tick off all the artists’ as he starts work on film exploring LS Lowry’s relationship with his mother | |
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| Sun 14 Jan 2018 16.38 GMT | |
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| After rave reviews for his portrayal of JMW Turner in 2014, Timothy Spall is to star in a film about another British artist – LS Lowry. | After rave reviews for his portrayal of JMW Turner in 2014, Timothy Spall is to star in a film about another British artist – LS Lowry. |
| Shooting begins this week on Mrs Lowry & Son, directed by Adrian Noble, a former head of the Royal Shakespeare Company. | Shooting begins this week on Mrs Lowry & Son, directed by Adrian Noble, a former head of the Royal Shakespeare Company. |
| The film will portray Lowry pursuing art as a hobby while working as a rent collector and living with his overbearing mother, played by Vanessa Redgrave. | The film will portray Lowry pursuing art as a hobby while working as a rent collector and living with his overbearing mother, played by Vanessa Redgrave. |
| Speaking to the Guardian, Spall joked: “I’m trying to tick off all the artists.” | Speaking to the Guardian, Spall joked: “I’m trying to tick off all the artists.” |
| Spall’s performance in Mike Leigh’s Mr Turner won him the best actor award at the 2014 Cannes film festival. The Observer described him as “a giant” in a “visually ambitious biopic”. | Spall’s performance in Mike Leigh’s Mr Turner won him the best actor award at the 2014 Cannes film festival. The Observer described him as “a giant” in a “visually ambitious biopic”. |
| The actor did extensive research for that role, even taking a long course in painting. A refresher session was unnecessary for Lowry because, he said, “there’s very little painting” in the film. | The actor did extensive research for that role, even taking a long course in painting. A refresher session was unnecessary for Lowry because, he said, “there’s very little painting” in the film. |
| “I do paint a little bit [in the film]. It’s mainly about his relationship with his mother and how that influenced his work … he was an only child. It’s about this very unusual close relationship [with] his mother, who he adored … how that informed his work and how that work happened late in his life.” | “I do paint a little bit [in the film]. It’s mainly about his relationship with his mother and how that influenced his work … he was an only child. It’s about this very unusual close relationship [with] his mother, who he adored … how that informed his work and how that work happened late in his life.” |
| Spall’s previous films include Denial, a courtroom drama about the libel case brought by the Hitler apologist David Irving, and The Journey, a fictionalised account of the relationship between Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness that developed during the Northern Ireland peace process. | Spall’s previous films include Denial, a courtroom drama about the libel case brought by the Hitler apologist David Irving, and The Journey, a fictionalised account of the relationship between Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness that developed during the Northern Ireland peace process. |
| He referred to those roles when asked how he planned to portray Lowry: “I’m trying to do him as he was. There’s not much footage of him, but there’s enough for me to know what he looked like and sounded like. He wasn’t a public figure particularly, so I don’t have to worry about trying to be Irving or Paisley.” | He referred to those roles when asked how he planned to portray Lowry: “I’m trying to do him as he was. There’s not much footage of him, but there’s enough for me to know what he looked like and sounded like. He wasn’t a public figure particularly, so I don’t have to worry about trying to be Irving or Paisley.” |
| The film will be shot in Greater Manchester and London. Asked whether it would use locations from Lowry’s life, Spall said: “Yes … a lot of that amazing landscape has gone, but they’ve found bits and pieces. We have to move about a bit.” | The film will be shot in Greater Manchester and London. Asked whether it would use locations from Lowry’s life, Spall said: “Yes … a lot of that amazing landscape has gone, but they’ve found bits and pieces. We have to move about a bit.” |
| Lowry was born in Manchester in 1887 and died in 1976. A purpose-built gallery, The Lowry in Salford, houses the world’s largest public collection of his paintings and drawings. | Lowry was born in Manchester in 1887 and died in 1976. A purpose-built gallery, The Lowry in Salford, houses the world’s largest public collection of his paintings and drawings. |
| He is seen as the quintessential painter of northern, working-class life, of industrial landscapes filled with matchstick figures and chimneys belching out black smoke. | He is seen as the quintessential painter of northern, working-class life, of industrial landscapes filled with matchstick figures and chimneys belching out black smoke. |
| Although he is adored by the general public and his paintings fetch seven-figure sums at auction, it was not until 2013 that the Tate staged a major Lowry retrospective. | Although he is adored by the general public and his paintings fetch seven-figure sums at auction, it was not until 2013 that the Tate staged a major Lowry retrospective. |
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