TS Lowry

_{P7 have been looking at the artist TS Lowry.}

_{Born during Victorian times, TS Lowry became famous for his simplistic, yet powerful, paintings depicting the hardships working class people endured in the Northern towns and cities of England.}

_{Mrs Lyons informs me that the song, 'Matchstick men and matchstick cats and dogs' was written to describe how he painted characters in his paintings.}

_{However, the real message behind the paintings was the smoke bellowing from the chimneys. Although a little more subtle than our Greta, Lowry was trying to highlight the pollution this was causing and the impact it would have on our environment.}

_{A message that still seems to be lost on some of our world leaders to this day.}