Good morning Year 1!
Today we are going to do some History.
We are going to do some research on L.S Lowry.
Lowry was an artist who painted lots of pictures of towns and cities. The people he painted were called ‘matchstick men.’ Lowry also painted pictures of the sea because he liked it just as much as he liked the city. He once said, “Some people like to go to the theatre, some like to watch television. I just like watching ships.”
1. What are the differences between the sea and the town pictures?
Lowry, Laurence Stephen; July, the Seaside
Lowry, Laurence Stephen; VE Day; Glasgow Museums
Lowry, Laurence Stephen; Our Town
2. Please do some research on Lowry.
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Lowry information sheet
Tate gallery – L.S Lowry
L.S Lowry in his own words
L.S Lowry Seaside picture
All about Lowry
Hello Miss Travers,
The differences are the city has lots of buildings that are very high, there are more people and it is very crowded, it looks cold because smoke is coming from the chimneys. The air does not look clean and it has lots of pollution. The seaside looks calmer, it looks nicer than the city. It looks beautiful because the sea and the sand is lovely. The air is fresh.
Some facts about L.S. Lowry:
He left school at 16 and work as a clerk in an accountants.
He spent most of his life working as a rent collector and painted in the evenings. He was never a full time artist.
He took evening classes in painting and drawing from Adolphe Valette. He learned lots from him.
He used just 5 colours.
He was a firewatcher in the second world war in Manchester. His pictures were happier after this.
He loved football.
He was fascinated by the sea and loved to paint it like cities.
He turned down a knighthood.
His favourite artist was Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
I found it really interesting learning about him!
Well done Saoirse! Brilliant research, I enjoyed reading it!
Hi miss travers,
The difference between sea and the town pictures.
The people on the sea
Are playing and sitting on the sand. Building a castle.There are also a boats and some people are going to swim.While town pictures, People
Can see a famous paintings.
Well done! you have seen lots of differences!
Well done for finding the differences! I enjoyed reading this!
1. The differences between the sea and town pictures are:
– in the sea picture, people just love to sit and watch the boats and build sandcastle while in the town, the people are all busy walking
– it is more crowded in the town compared to sea picture.
– the air is cleaner in the sea picture, I can see black smoke coming from the buildings.
2. LS Lowry
He was born on November 1,1887 and died on February 23, 1976.
He was an english artist born in Lancashire.
He studied in Manchester and Salford, England.
He is known for painting industrial scenes and matchstick characters.
Critics labeled him as naive “Sunday painter”.
In the city there is more people and more buildings. I can also see smoke from the chimneys because of the pollution and that isn’t there on the sea paintings.
Hello Miss Travers
Laurence Stephen Lowry was a northern artist ??
famous for his oily paintings of industrial cityspaces. He becomes a artist because he missed the train ?.
When he painted urban landscapes peopled with human figures, people referred them as “matchstick men. Many of his works were found after his death.
Lowry has rejected five of his British honours, including a knighthood.
His paintings can be found on The Lowry Gallery on the Salford Quays.
Well done Fabi, excellent research!
There is lots more people in the town than on the beaches. There is lots of buildings in the town and there isn’t any on the beach, instead there is some boats. He has painted lots of paintings and has even done portraits, not just towns and cities.
Lowry is one of britan’s famous artist from 19th century. Lowry is particularly well known for painting buldings.
Dear Miss Travers ,
The differences between the sea and the town pictures are:
The seaside is less crowded than the town.
The seaside air looks less polluted than the town.
The people in the seaside picture look like they are relaxing, dipping their feet in the sea, building a sandcastle and they are going on boats.
In the town pictures it looks like they are celebrating something.
The town pictures look a lot more crowded than the seaside.
In one of the houses it looks like they are having some food sitting at a table.
There are lots of chimneys with smoke I the town pictures.
Here is what I researched about L. S. Lowry:
He lived for 88 years. He lived in Salford, Manchester. He became an artist from missing a train. He liked to paint slowly. He didn’t paint shadows in his pictures. He painted matchstick people because he said that is how he saw them. They offered him 5 honours but he refused them.
Super research and you have studied the paintings well!
On the town pictures there is more houses and dark clouds and there is a lot of people and I can see the smoke from the chimuney and there is decoration on the houses and there are no trees and there is some flags.
Well done Juliet, you have studied the paintings well!
In the town pictures Mr Lowry used dark colours. There were lots of buildings with tall chimneys with smoke coming out into the sky they may be factories. This is pollution which I learnt in the Green team might make you sick.
In the seaside pictures there are lighter colours and fewer buildings. On one of them there is a lighthouse and the paint is not smooth, like a rough texture.
My research I found out he painted lots of pictures of Manchester. He was born on 1 November 1887 and died February 23 1976.
He loved football and supported Manchester City and he painted a picture called The Football Match. He turned down a knighthood
.
He did not paint many pictures of London, but one called Piccadilly Circus sold for £5 million.
His people were called matchstick men. I listened to the song which was written about him by 2 men playing guitars.
There is a gallery of all his paintings in Salford, called The Lowry.
Wow, well done! You have done some excellent research! I enjoyed reading this.
The sea picture was water, sand, ships, little houses, matchstick men and a lot of people. The town picture has matchstick men, lots of buildings, pollution, chimney and lots of people.
Facts about L.S Lowry
– He was born in Stretford, Lancashire.
– He died in 23rd of February with 88 years old in 1976.
– Hi was born in 1st of November 1887
– He’s the famous British artist
The difference between the sea and the town is that the sea has sand and water and the town doesn’t have water and sand.
Fact about L.S. Lowry
L.S. Lowry was a famous person and painted a lot of paintings.
1) What are the differences between the sea and the town pictures?
There is no water or boats in the pictures in the city. In the city there are more buildings than in the seaside. There are lots of chimneys and smoke in the towns.
2) Research on Lowry:
One day he thought the buildings and streets of his city were very beautiful and he drawn his city and that is how he became a very good famous artist.
The difference between the town pictures and the seaside pictures is that in the seaside pictures there are some people sitting and building sandcastles and there isn’t alot of houses there is also a lot of water but in the town pictures there is a lot of houses and factories and the people have parties.
L.S Lowery is a famous artist he likes to draw people, they call them matchstick men, he likes to draw houses and the sea. He loves watching boats. He was born on the 1st of November and he died on February 23rd . He became an artist after missing the train.
The difference between the sea and the town is that, in the town the people are all running and near the sea every one is cool and they are not running, they are calm. The other difference is that the sea has water and sand and the town hasn’t, also the sea has boats and the town, has not.
Good evening Miss Travers
Here are the differences between sea and town pictures:
Sea:
Sand
Boats
Water
Happy mood / light colours
Swings
People lying on the sand
Town:
No water
Gloomy mood / dark colours
People walking in the street
Many houses, both big and small
People dancing in the street
Flags
No boats
Dear Miss Travers ,
The differences between the sea and the town pictures are:
The seaside is less crowded than the town.
The seaside air looks less polluted than the town.
The people in the seaside picture look like they are relaxing, dipping their feet in the sea, building a sandcastle and they are going on boats.
In the town pictures it looks like they are celebrating something.
The town pictures look a lot more crowded than the seaside.
In one of the houses it looks like they are having some food sitting at a table.
There are lots of chimneys with smoke I the town pictures.
Here is what I researched about L. S. Lowry:
He lived for 88 years. He lived in Salford, Manchester. He became an artist from missing a train. He liked to paint slowly. He didn’t paint shadows in his pictures. He painted matchstick people because he said that is how he saw them. They offered him 5 honours but he refused them.
The difference between the two pictures is that on the sea picture there is sand, water, boats and less buildings.
L.S Lowry was an English artist who painted lots of pictures. Lots of pictures of the sea and towns and people. The people he painted were called matchstick men.
Good morning Miss Travers,
L.S Lowry was a English painter who lived in the 20th century. He is very well known for painting industrial landscapes and the people he painted were called “matchstick men”. There was a large exhibition at the Tate just a few months before I was born. He spent almost 40 years of his life in Salford in Northern England, a few miles away from Manchester. Lowry holds the record for rejecting the most number of British honours, including a knighthood. Lowry is also my mum’s favourite English painter!