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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Still Life Painting [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the history of still-life painting through a printable catalog of multiple example works of art. Images are accompanied by descriptions and detailed examinations of their elements, meanings, and context.
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Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum: 2005 Exhibitions: Basquiat

For Students 9th - 10th
"Basquiat" was a 2005 exhibition of over 100 works by the American master painter Jean Michel Basquiat at the Brooklyn Museum. This page shows selected works from the exhibit and includes an interactive segment on the exhibit.
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Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art: "Maine Coast, 1907"

For Students 9th - 10th
Oil painting on canvas by Rockwell Kent (American, 1882-1971).
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Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art: "On the Beach, No. 3"

For Students 9th - 10th
"On the Beach, No. 3, 1915" in an oil painting on canvas by Post-Impressionist Maurice Prendergast (American, 1858-1924).
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Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art: "Stag at Sharkey's"

For Students 9th - 10th
"Stag at Sharkey's, 1909" in an oil painting on canvas by George Bellows (American, 1882-1925).
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Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art: "View of Schroon Mountain After a Storm"

For Students 9th - 10th
"View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, After a Storm, 1838" in an oil painting on canvis by Thomas Cole (American, 1801-1848), founder of the art movement known as the Hudson River School
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South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Visual and Performing Arts: Drawing, Painting and Illustrating

For Students 9th - 10th
Artopia is an excellent art resource for students. They are able to examine important works of art, learn about styles, principles, and processes of the various art forms used in painting, drawing, and illustration, and view videos of...
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South Carolina Educational Television

South Carolina Etv Commission: Artopia

For Students 9th - 10th
Artopia is utopia for artists and artist wannabes alike. Each gallery allows students to complete interactive activities, watch videos, read about artists, and practice being an art critic. The gallery areas are music, theater painting,...
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Other

Museum of New Zealand: Rita Angus: Life and Vision

For Students 9th - 10th
Website with biographical and historical information on Rita Angus, a New Zealand artist.
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Other

The Denver Art Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The main page of the Denver Art Museum.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Hudson River School

For Students 9th - 10th
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on the Hudson River School of American artists. With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.
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Read Works

Read Works: Breaking Home Ties

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage from the Philadelphia Museum of Art focuses on a painting by Thomas Hovenden in 1890. It is followed by a comprehension question set; a Step Read is also available.
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Other

The Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge

For Students 9th - 10th
This museum resource provides images, education resources, and a wonderful biography of artist Norman Rockwell.
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Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

For Students 9th - 10th
The Cleveland Museum of Art home page offers information and news about current happenings in the art world. It also has virtual exhibits that you can view to see many different types of art.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: John Singleton Copley

For Students 9th - 10th
This sample "exhibit" from the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art offers a short biography of colonial painter and portrait artist John Singleton Copley. Includes links to six different paintings, each with an informative caption.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Table on a Cafe Terrace by Diego Rivera

For Students 9th - 10th
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "Table on a Cafe Terrace", a cubist painting by Diego Rivera.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Figure 5 in Gold by Charles Demuth

For Students 9th - 10th
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "The Figure 5 in Gold", a painting by Charles Demuth.
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Tate

Tate Online I Map: "Still Life With a Beer Mug" by Fernand Leger

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides "Still Life with a Beer Mug" by French cubist painter Fernand Leger. An image file along with information about the artist and the artwork provide an excellent resource on the topic.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: St. Paul's, Manhattan, John Marin

For Students 9th - 10th
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "St. Paul's, Manhattan", a painting by American modern artist John Marin.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Portrait of a German Officer, Marsden Hartley

For Students 9th - 10th
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "Portrait of a German Officer", a painting by German modern artist Marsden Hartley.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Here, This Is Stieglitz Here, Francis Picabia

For Students 9th - 10th
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "Here, This Is Stieglitz Here", a DADA painting by Francis Picabia.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue by Georgia O'keefe

For Students 9th - 10th
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue", a painting by American artist Georgia O'Keefe.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: From the Faraway, Nearby by Georgia O'keefe

For Students 9th - 10th
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "From the Faraway, Nearby", a painting by Goergia O'Keefe.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Benjamin West's "The Death of General Wolfe"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a smaller and less-clear version of West's "The Death of General Wolfe." Also, it contains a brief commentary on the work of art.