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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Art to Zoo: Landscape Painting

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson plan uncovers the "tricks" artists use when creating a landscape painting. Students will explore the work of American artists George Catlin, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Moran, and Winslow Homer. One of the activities is in spanish.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Treasures to Go: Young America

For Students 9th - 10th
A survey of fifty-seven landscapes and portraits that reveal visions of early America and its birth as a new nation as rendered by early American artists.
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Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum: Brushed With Light: American Landscape Watercolors

For Students 9th - 10th
The 2007 long-term exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, "Brushed with Light: American Landscape Watercolors from the Collection" is presented here with selected works from the exhibit, a description of the show and sections with audio clips,...
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Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum: Kindred Spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the 2007 long-term exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, "Kindred Spirits: Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape" is presented here with selected works from the exhibit.
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Handout
Other

Grandma Moses: Reflections of America

For Students 9th - 10th
An essay about Grandma Moses and her apotheosis as an artist.
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Handout
Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Artists by Movement: Hudson River School

For Students 9th - 10th
Survey the career and paintings of the Hudson River School in American painting (1835-1870).
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Other

Amon Carter Museum: Encountering Texas (1846 1856)

For Students 9th - 10th
Three early American artists captured the landscape of the unknown frontier which slowly became the state of Texas.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Lure of the West

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibit from the Smithsonian includes 70 paintings and sculptures by famous American Western artists such as Catlin, Baker, Bierstadt, and Remington.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Richard Mayhew

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Richard Mayhew is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his abstract landscape.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Henry Ward Ranger

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Henry Ward Ranger is described here along with information on his contributions to art through landscape painting.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Alexander H. Wyant

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Alexander H. Wyant is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his landscape painting.
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Activity
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Picturing America: Bierstadt: Looking Down Yosemite Valley [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Information and analysis of a characteristic western landscape by Bierstadt communicates the essential qualities of his work.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Portraits by Carl Van Vechten

For Students 9th - 10th
Carl Van Vechten was a photographer between 1932 and 1964. Here the LOC provides his portrait photography work of celebrities, including many figures from the Harlem Renaissance as well as a small collection of his American landscapes.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: William Kienbusch

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, William Kienbusch is described here along with information on his contributions to art through landscape paintings, most of which displayed an abstract quality.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Karl Knaths

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Karl Knaths is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his landscape paintings feature abstract and Cubist influences.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: J. Francis Murphy

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, J. Francis Murphy is described here along with information on his contributions to art through landscape painting.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: William C. Palmer

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, William C. Palmer is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his landscape art depicting American scenes.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Edward W. Redfield

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Edward W. Redfield is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his landscape painting.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Chauncey F. Ryder

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Chauncey F. Ryder is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his landscape painting and his etching. He also worked as a lithographer.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: George H. Smillie

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, George H. Smillie is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his landscape painting.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Ray Strong

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Ray Strong is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his landscape painting (primarily of scenes in California).
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Other

Post Road Gallery: American Paintings

For Students 9th - 10th
Landscape paintings are included in this collection of American art. Biographical information accompanies the images.