Yeah, my sister was interested in Lowry and wanted to go to see his exhibition at The Lowry Centre in Salford Quays when she visited me. So we went, and the guide went into a lot of detail about Lowry, remarking about many things, including that apparently he was "a pervert."
The only evidence I've found for that is a few sketches of his that I've seen featuring women in kinky / fetishistic type outfits. As per the link you posted. I've not read the article yet, but I will do.
Doesn't seem anything too outrageous to me tbh from what I've seen.....Dunno if we live in a nation of prudes, or if my boundaries are a bit more 'liberal' than the norm
People should check out the Deviant Art website before they judge Lowry, imho.
His sketches would definitely have fitted in very well on there.
I also watched the movie about him. It was pretty good, in a slow kind of way.. The guy was a bit weird I guess, living with his mother for her entire life, and according to the film, he used to enjoy being followed by the local children so he could occasionally throw some pocket change their way. But there were no suggestions that there were any sinister motives behind that, as there probably would be these days. Where such behaviour would probably be frowned upon to say the least. It's a shame that innocent fun, is no longer allowed just to be that