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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Childe Hassam

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on Childe Hassam in addition to an extensive listing of his works as displayed at the museum.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Childe Hassam

For Students 9th - 10th
The Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum is made possible through a generous gift from the Henry Luce Foundation and presents thirty-five hundred art and craft objects from American Art to the public. This page...
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: George Catlin

For Students 9th - 10th
George Catlin is profiled at this site in a format that begins with a brief biographical sketch of his life. His works are then listed by appearance in the museum's database. Each work is presented in thumbnail format with brief...
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Rembrandt Peale

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this is a portrait photograph and biography of Rembrandt Peale, the early American portrait painter and most of famous of the Peale brothers family of artists.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Arthur B. Davies

For Students 9th - 10th
The Luce Foundation Center for American Art of the Smithsonian American Art Museum presents this short biography, quote, and photographic portrait of modernist American sculptor Arthur B. Davies.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: William H. Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
The Luce Foundation Center for American Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum presents this short biography and photographic portrait of William H. Johnson, the influential African-American painter participant in the Harlem...
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Charles Willson Peale

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on Charles Willson Peale in addition to an extensive listing of his works as displayed at the museum.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Charles Willson Peale

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this is a self-portrait and biography for Charles Willson Peale, monumental portrait painter of George Washington and the man responsible for opening America?s first...
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Ben Shahn

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on Ben Shahn in addition to an extensive listing of his works as displayed at the museum.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Ben Shahn

For Students 9th - 10th
The Luce Foundation Center for American Art in the Smithsonian American Art Museum presents this short biography and photographic portrait of the Jewish-American social realist painter Ben Shahn. A link to a Shahn piece on view and where...
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Hans Hofmann

For Students 9th - 10th
The Luce Foundation Center for American Art in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, presents this short biography, a photographic portrait of the artist and an example painting with a map to its exhibit location in the museum, by the...
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Adolph Gottlieb

For Students 9th - 10th
The Luce Foundation Center for American Art presents a biographical, multi-media take on the abstract expressionist painter Adolph Gottlieb. The New York native Gottlieb was a central figure in the development of American abstract art.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Jacob Lawrence

For Students 9th - 10th
The Luce Foundation Center for American Art presents the African-American painter and Harlem Renaissance figure, Jacob Lawrence, with a short biography, image, and description of his work on view in the collection and a video interview...
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Beauford Delaney

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Beauford Delaney is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his association with the Harlem Renaissance and his portraits of African Americans.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Eleanor De Laittre

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Eleanor De Laittre is described here along with information on her contributions to art through her variety of paintings, some (if not most) of which were influenced by Cubism.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Wharton Esherick

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Wharton Esherick is described here along with information on his contributions to art through sculpture (using wood) and furniture design.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Thomas Eakins

For Students 9th - 10th
Thomas Eakins is profiled at this site in a format that begins with a brief biographical sketch of his life. His works are then listed by appearance in the museum's database. Each work is presented in thumbnail format with brief...
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Dona Agueda Martinez

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on Dona Agueda Martinez in addition to an extensive listing of his works as displayed at the museum.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: James A. Porter

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on James A. Porter in addition to an extensive listing of his works as displayed at the museum.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Mary Adams

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on Mary Adams in addition to an extensive listing of her works as displayed at the museum.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: John Biggers

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides brief biographical information on John Biggers in addition to an extensive listing of his works as displayed at the museum.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Telling Stories: Norman Rockwell

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Exhibition featuring Norman Rockwell paintings from the collections of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg explores the relationship between the iconic images of American life and the movies. RL.9-10.7 analyze 2 media
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Educational Insights: The Headless Horseman

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive demonstration that reveals the literary content of John Quidor's painting The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane. Roll over elements in Quidor's painting to find connections to Washington Irving's tale of the...
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Sargent Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has an image of a sculpture titled "Mask" by Sargent Johnson. Famous for his sculptures based on African examples, Johnson explains his intent in sculpting these in a brief paragraph accompanying the...