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Abc: Abstraction
Alma Woodsey Thomas is the focus of this lesson plan that introduces students to abstract art. Students will come to understand how the art elements can be used to express emotion and communicate ideas without including objects in the...
Terres en Vues (Land InSights)
Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Glenna Matoush
Glenna Matoush is highlighted, along with four pieces of her work and details of what has influenced her visual art.
Terres en Vues (Land InSights)
Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Pauline Lahache
Learn about Pauline Lahache, a teacher at Kahnawake Survival School, and what influences her artistic outlook. Several examples of her artwork are presented.
Terres en Vues (Land InSights)
Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Ginette Aubin
Learn about Ginette Aubin who is a painter and engraver from the Malecite nation in Quebec and view examples of her work.
Terres en Vues (Land InSights)
Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Christine Sioui Wawanoloath
Learn how visual artist Christine Sioui Wawanoloath uses trickster's humour in her art and view samples of her work.
Terres en Vues (Land InSights)
Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau
Learn about Cree artist and poet Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau's body of work and view four examples.
Terres en Vues (Land InSights)
Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Ellen Gabriel
View Ellen Gabriel's depiction of the Oka crisis by examining several examples of her work.
Terres en Vues (Land InSights)
Land in Sights: Visual Arts: Alanis Obomsawin
View works by Alanis Obomsawin, internationally known artist, examine some samples of her work.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Alice Trumbull Mason
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on Alice Trumbull Mason in addition to an extensive listing of her works as displayed at the museum.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sfmoma: From Snapshots to Documentary
A close examination of the work of Dorothea Lange, especially as it relates to her ability to tell a story well.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Esther Before Ahasuerus by Artemisia Gentileschi
At a time where still-life paintings ruled the art world this leading 17th century female painter set out to break all the rules. Read about the artist and the story behind the painting.
Other
Abc Art, Books, and Creativity: Artist Biographies
This resource highlights several female artists from various visual art genres. You can view one piece from each artist and read their biography. Included in the list of women are Frida Kahlo and Alma Woodsey Thomas.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Mary Cassatt
A site by the National Gallery of Art of twelve selected Cassatt color prints. There is also a biography of the artist.
Jewish Museum
Jewish Museum: The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson: Constructing a Legend
A great resource for anyone studying the art of Louise Nevelson. Includes a biography, images, and video commentary about her impact on the art world.
Other
American Antiquarian Society: Exhibitions: A Woman's Work Is Never Done
Images with accompanying narration on women's work from before the American Revolution through the Industrial Revolution. Exhibit describes the domestic work that women did and continue to perform and also provides information on women...
Martin Lawrence Galleries
Martin Lawrence Galleries: Liudmila Kondakova
Looking at these paintings will make you feel like you took a trip to Europe! Kondakova paints realistic street scenes and storefronts in Paris. Although, you can find images from other cities.
University of Chicago
University of Chicago Press: Daring to Look: Dorothea Lange's Photographs
The University of Chicago Press offers an extended excerpt from the book "Daring to Look", by Anne Whiston Spirn. This book takes a close look at documentary photographer Dorothea Lange's career and her unpublished 1939 portfolio.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Mary Adams
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.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia
A comprehensive website covering artists and artwork from all time periods and styles. Navigate by artist name, by subject matter, by medium, by nationality, or by any number of different filters, such as women artists, to find images...
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Berthe Morisot
The best part of this page is the extensive reach into many museums to see various works by Berthe Morisot (1841-1895 CE). Many images of women and children.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: A Look at Judith Leyster
Students will identify clues and adjectives to describe Judith Leyster's personality and then develop and refine her characterizations through poetry writing. Using Leyster's monogram as their inspiration, they will then shift the focus...
ArtQuizz
Art Quizz: Marie Bashkirtseff
A quiz on the life of Marie Bashkirtseff (1858-1884 CE) , a talented artist who died at a very young age. This is a great tool for assessment or review and an even greater way in incorporate technology in the artroom. It seems that it...
ArtQuizz
Art Quizz: Vigee Le Brun
A quiz on the life of Vigee LeBrun, translated into English from the original French. Proof the answers before using this for the first time, as the translation isn't the best. The ArtQuizz homepage uses several different languages.