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Lesson Plan
Oglebay Institute

Post-Impressionism: Van Gogh Drawings

For Teachers 2nd - 10th
Turn your young artists into little Vincent van Goghs with a lesson on brush stroke style and color blending. Pupils practice the painting technique by sketching various shapes before recreating a van Gogh piece or creating an original...
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Lesson Plan
Oglebay Institute

Post-Impressionism: Mosaic Still-life

For Teachers 2nd - 10th
A still life with tissue paper? Why not! Using Paul Cézanne's art as inspiration, learners create their own still life pictures by gluing various colors of tissue paper onto a paper or pattern.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Henri Rousseau

For Students 9th - 10th
Artcyclopedia provides direct links to Rousseau's works in museums around the world. Online exhibitions and reviews.
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Interactive
Museum of Modern Art

Mo Ma: Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night

For Students 9th - 10th
A unique look at the work of a master painter. The focus of this site is on Vincent Van Gogh and his fascination with nature, particularly at night. Loads of wonderful information and colorful images in a graphically appealing site.
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Handout
The Wharton Group

Discover France: Pierre Auguste Renoir

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of Pierre Auguste Renoir. Includes samples of his work and many links to related sites.
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Handout
The Wharton Group

Discover France: Vincent Van Gogh

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography of van Gogh expresses his life as one who was important in the formation of Fauvism and expressionism.
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Handout
ArtLex

Art Lex: Cubism

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduces art movement of Cubism. Defines Cubism and the three phases as well as examples of artists and their works. Provides related links.
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Interactive
Museum of Modern Art

Mo Ma: Pioneering Modern Painting: Cezanne and Pissarro (1865 85)

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibition brings together the work of two masters of the early modern period, Cezanne and Pissarro. Compares and contrasts their styles, choices of subject, techniques, and development, with interesting thematic pathways into the...
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: Sister Wendy's American Collection: Maison Maria by Paul Cezanne

For Students 9th - 10th
Webpage describing the painting Maison Maria with a View of Chateau Noir by Paul Cezanne from the Kimbell Art Museum. Image of art provided as well as an option of a larger version or a detail viewer that can be navigated. Also includes...
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Other

Musee D'orsay: Vincent Van Gogh, Self Portrait

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, this is an image, description and explanation with an accompanying link to other facts about the post-impressionist painting "Self-Portrait" by Vincent Van Gogh.
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Article
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Post Impressionism

For Students 9th - 10th
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on Post-Impressionism. With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Camille Pissarro, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cezanne

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the National Gallery of Art provides a tour of the leading artists of the post-impressionist movement: Van Gogh, Gauguin, Seurat, and Cezanne.
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Handout
Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Cubism/art Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives brief history of the cubism movement listing artists of the period and the evolved. envolved. Lists other movements such as Purism, Futurism, Orphism, Orphism, and a chronological listing of cubist artists, with links to those...
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Vincent Van Gogh, Self Portraits

For Students 9th - 10th
Displays a representative collection of self-portraits by van Gogh for the purposes of comparing and contrasting. Includes a short note on van Gogh's unique and intense style. Excellent site for exploring the changes in van Gogh's...
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Henri Rousseau

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography and general information concerning the artist and his works. Picture gallery online.
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Handout
ArtLex

Art Lex: Gouache

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about gouache painting and view examples of it by famous artists. Also includes links to information on other painting styles, art terms, and artists.
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Activity
Ministerio de Educación (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: El Impresionismo

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a multimedia resource which addresses the study of Impressionism. The combination of text and images makes this site a very useful tool to learn the evolution of this style of painting.
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New York Times

New York Times: George Seurat: The Drawings

For Students 9th - 10th
A video slide show of George Seurat's drawings: "Woman Reading in the Studio," "Tree by a Road," "Lighthouse at Honfleur," "Pierre and Colombine," "Drawbridge," "The Ragpicker," "Antique Statue, Satyr With Goat," and others. Narrator...
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Website
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Cezanne to Picasso (Slideshow of Masterworks)

For Students 9th - 10th
An NPR-produced slideshow set to the music of Claude Debussy showcases dozens of post-impressionist masterworks by Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Bonnard, Derain, Degas, and Picasso. The slideshow coincides with an exhibition that opened at...
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Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev

Olga's Gallery: Paul Gauguin

For Students 9th - 10th
View 145 paintings by Paul Gauguin. Click for a larger view. Also provides brief information about Ganguin's life and career.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Still Life With a Ginger Jar and Eggplants

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art the impressionist painting "Still Life with a Ginger Jar and Eggplants" by Paul Cezanne, is described in a short paragraph and presented with a large-format image.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Dish of Apples

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art the impressionist painting "Dish of Apples" by Paul Cezanne, is described in a short paragraph and presented with a large-format image.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Seated Peasant

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art the impressionist painting "From the Metropolitan Museum of Art the impressionist painting "Seated Peasant" by Paul Cezanne, is described in a short paragraph and presented with a large-format image.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Mont Sainte Victoire & Viaduct of the Arc River Vall

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art the impressionist painting "Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley" by Paul Cezanne, is described in a short paragraph and presented with a large-format image.