The Lowry : Manchester, BBC Manchester The UK.

The complex contains 2,000 square metres (22,000 sq ft) m² of gallery space displaying the L. S. Lowry and other collections. The Lowry collection includes about 400 works in oil, pastel and watercolours from all periods of his career. It was collected by Salford Museum and Art Gallery from the 1930s.

The Artworks Creativity Gallery, designed and implemented by architects Reich-Petch (responsible for developing the National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C.), uses multimedia to encourage visitor participation and interaction with exhibits to transform gallery space.

Between October 2011 and January 2012 the gallery hosted an exhibition of about 100 works by Lowry's teacher, Pierre Adolphe Valette, including paintings of Manchester from Manchester Art Gallery and loans from private owners.

An Archive Room houses material related to the artist including books, catalogues of his exhibitions and auctions, press cuttings, tapes of interviews with Lowry and others, photographs and ephemera. The archive is open by appointment.

The Lowry is a theatre and gallery complex situated on Pier 8 at Salford Quays, in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is named after the early 20th century painter L. S. Lowry, known for his paintings of industrial scenes in North West England. The complex was officially opened on 12 October 2000 by Queen Elizabeth II.

The Lowry Arts and Entertainment : Manchester The UK..

"You don't need brains to be a painter, just feelings."

LS Lowry

Although best known for his mill scenes and industrial landscapes, Lowry's work covers a wide range of themes and subjects, from landscapes and seascapes to portraits and surreal imaginings.

He studied painting and drawing in the evenings at the Municipal College of Art (1905–15), and at Salford School of Art (1915–25), while working as a rent collector during the day.

His initial drawings were made outdoors, on the spot, often rough sketches on the back of an envelope or whatever scrap of paper was to hand.

More finished drawings were made later and, after about 1910, he only ever painted at home in what he referred to as his workroom, rather than his studio. His palette was very restricted and he used only five colours – flake white, ivory black, vermilion (red), Prussian blue and yellow ochre.

After years of painting and exhibiting in and around Manchester and Salford, Lowry received his first one-man exhibition in London in 1939 and went on to national fame.  He died aged 88 in 1976 just months before a retrospective exhibition opened at the Royal Academy.

                                                            L.S. Lowry Self portrait.

Shows The Lowry CAT Performance 2017

The Lowry CAT Performance 2017 The Lowry Centre for Advanced Training in Dance & Akram Khan Company Presents… ‘The Birth of Destruction’ The culmination performance from the 8th year of The Lowry Centre for Advanced Training in Dance presents a number of works that celebrate the journey of a young dancer as they work towards a career in dance.

The Lowry Centre for Advanced Training in Dance & Akram Khan Company Presents… ‘The Birth of Destruction’

Brahma opens his eyes and a world is created…

It is said that one of the strongest Hindu Gods ‘Brahma The Creator’ awakens from his sleep and when he opens his eyes, a universe and everything it contains is created.

New words are constantly created, raised and destroyed.

Using the physical and creative techniques of Akram Khan’s work, in this piece we explore birth, rupture and death as a cycle.

Both evenings include new work ‘The Birth of Destruction’ created in collaboration with Akram Khan Company, one of the foremost innovative dance companies in the world. As well as guest works presented by our 2017 CAT Graduates, The Lowry CAT Alumni, National CAT Centre’s and The Royal Ballet’s primarySTEPs Programme.

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