
Road Through a Wood
1942
Laurence Stephen Lowry's 'Road Through a Wood' (1942) depicts a forest path with characteristic attention to spatial depth and atmospheric quality. The painting exemplifies Lowry's ability to render landscape subjects with distinctive style and emotional resonance.
- Medium
- Road Through a Wood
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern British & Irish Art
November 23, 2021
Estimate: $40,000 to $60,000
Lot 18
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Paul Nash
British · b. 1889

Nash painted moody, atmospheric woodland and landscape scenes in Britain during the same mid century period, sharing Lowry's grey tonal palette and ability to imbue natural settings with emotional weight and a sense of quiet unease.

Christopher Wood
British · b. 1901

Wood created evocative British landscape paintings with a similarly restrained and melancholic atmosphere, using muted tones and simplified forms to capture the emotional resonance of rural and semi industrial environments.

Harold Gilman
British · b. 1876

Gilman applied oil paint to capture atmospheric British landscapes and urban environments with a distinctly modern sensibility, sharing Lowry's interest in rendering everyday scenes with emotional depth and a characteristic grey northern light.
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