James Lawrence Isherwood

{{Short description|English painter (1917–1989)}}

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| birth_name = James Lawrence Isherwood

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|04|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wigan, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|6|09|1917|04|7|df=y}}

| death_place = Higher End, Wigan, England

| nationality = British

| field = Painting

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James Lawrence Isherwood (1917–1989) was an English artist, born in Wigan, Lancashire. He often painted subject and images (landscapes, seascapes, and portraits) from the Wigan area in a style that became known as 'Wigan style'.{{cite web |title=Isherwood, James Lawrence |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00300210 |website=Benezit Dictionary of Artists |year=2011 |access-date=21 March 2022 |language=en |doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00300210|isbn=978-0-19-977378-7 }} His style has been described as Impressionist/Expressionist.{{cite web |title=James Lawrence Isherwood |url=https://www.askart.com/artist/James_Lawrence_Isherwood/11140000/James_Lawrence_Isherwood.aspx |website=AskArt |access-date=21 March 2022}}

Isherwood was a friend of the artist L. S. Lowry, who purchased his Woman with Black Cat and displayed it at his home.

A BBC documentary, I am Isherwood was made in 1974 about the artist and his work. This was transmitted twice by the BBC, once in 1974 and again in 1975.{{cite book |last1=Iddon |first1=Brian |title=James Lawrence Isherwood: (1917-1989) |date=2013 |publisher=Memoirs Publishing |location=Gloucestershire |isbn=978-1-86151-151-5 |pages=32-33, 55 |url=https://archive.org/details/jameslawrenceish0000iddo/ |access-date=18 June 2024 }}

Isherwood died in 1989.