
Alan Lowndes was born in Heaton Norris, Stockport in 1921. He was one of five children, his father was a railway clerk and his mother was from Kilmarnock, Scotland. Alan left school at the age of 14 and was apprenticed to a decorator. At the age of 18, he joined the Army and saw active duty in Italy and North Africa.
Alan was a self-taught artist who enjoyed painting urban landscapes around the north west of England. He also spent a number of years in St Ives around the avant-garde period of the 1950’s where he became good friends with many artists including Sir Terry Frost. Alan had many successful exhibitions including three solo shows during the 1960’s at the Kalman Gallery in London.
A number of Alan’s works are held in private and public collections including the Manchester Art Gallery, Walker Gallery Liverpool and a major exhibition of his works was held at Stockport Art Gallery in 2010.