Discovering L. S. Lowry

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Famous for more than Five Minutes - NEW LOOK Artists - NEW LOOK

Objectives

History

  • To learn about the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements.

Art

  • To examine and compare paintings of rural and industrial landscapes.
  • To start to understand who Lowry was and what he painted.

Enquiry question
What can we learn from Lowry’s paintings?

Outcomes
Children will:

  • Find out who Lowry was and explore examples of his paintings.
  • Understand that an artist’s work is affected by when and where they live.
  • Learn what the words ‘rural’ and ‘industrial’ mean and compare their features.
  • Use a frame to investigate and draw elements of a painting.