Ls lowry biography ks2 past papers

Extract from: HELEN LITTLE: Lowry and the changing landscape of modern life in TJ CLARK AND ANNE M WAGNER: Lowry and the painting of modern Life.

Tate Publishing [London], , p The Manchester Guardian publishes a series of articles on the city's slums, opening with a scene of eighteen adults and several babies squeezed round a single fireplace. Salford Improved Industrial Dwellings are built to provide reasonable housing for locals living in appalling conditions.

The estate's gateway later becomes a recurring part of Lowry's iconography.

LS Lowry – biography and comprehension

Lawrence Stephen Lowry is born in Stretford, Manchester, on 1 November to middle-class parents Robert Lowry, an estate agent, and his wife Elizabeth. The first steel is produced in Salford and Manchester and the associated rolling mills open the following year. This site was noted for havin