What
we see
What type of landscapes are depicted in these images?
How we feel
Focus on each painting. How do you feel? Peaceful or busy?
Relaxed or stressed? Bored or excited? Where would you rather
be?
What we think
What are some of the activities happening in each scene?
How it was made
Artists sometimes work in studios and paint images from
their memories. Sometimes they paint from photographs. And
sometimes they paint outside which is called “en plein
air.” Where do you think these artists were standing
when they painted these works?
About the artist
Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887 – 1976)
spent his life painting working class people in England
although he did not grow up in poverty. After working all
day as a rent collector he studied art at evening classes
where began to paint people like “matchstick figures”
which became his trademark. Lowry spent much of his working
life walking the poorest streets of Manchester and its surrounding
area. By the 1950s the Royal Academy had invited him to
join and his fame and success were assured. He said of himself
'Had I not been lonely, none of my work would have happened.'
Link
If you like art and want to see great paintings and learn
about great artists visit the Royal Academy of Arts in London,
England: http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/
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