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The Lowry Academy (formerly Harrop Fold School) is a coeducational secondary school located in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, [2] which serves pupils from Little Hulton and Walkden. The school came to prominence from being featured in the Educating... TV series. The school is named after the noted Salford artist, L.S. Lowry. [3]
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Lowry is a theatre and gallery complex at Salford Quays, 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 .
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[citation needed] It changed its name to Lowry High School in 1987. [1] Lowry High closed its doors in August 2000 and the building was used by a local Jewish school before its demolition in 2007. [1] Mountaineer Don Whillans [2] was a pupil in the 1940s as was Manchester United footballer Stan Pearson [citation needed].
In 2014 the 1960s Chatham Tower (named after the adjacent street) was refurbished and the Benzie Building was built, [3] to provide additional studio and exhibition space for the art school. The design, by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize in the same year. [8] It was renamed the Lowry Building in 2024. [9]
The school began leasing the building July 1 and will continue to lease it for the next five years, until June 30, 2028. For the first year, the school will pay $275,000 in rent to the Diocese of ...
Industrial Landscape is the title given to each of a series of oil paintings by the English artist L. S. Lowry, painted over a number of years between 1934 and 1955.. Each picture is in the form of a landscape painting, in which the traditional elements of natural beauty have been supplanted with factories, chimneys, bridges and other elements of an industrial city environment.