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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Jackson Pollock

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from ibiblio.com there is a brief explanation of the patinting style of the Abstract Expressionist Movement known as Action Painting.
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CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Featured Artists

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers links to sample works of over 50 artists including, but not limited to, Expressionists.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography: Wassily Kandinsky Art for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the biography of Wassily Kandinsky, artist and painter of the Abstract Expressionist art movement on this site.
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Other

National Gallery of Art: Against the Grain the Woodcuts of Helen Frankenthaler

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of 43 woodcuts that echo the same expressionistic style as Frankenthaler's more well known paintings.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Robert Motherwell

For Students 9th - 10th
Profiles Robert Motherwell, an American abstract expressionist painter who was one of the youngest members of the New York School.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Adolph Gottlieb

For Students 9th - 10th
Profiles the life and career of American abstract expressionist painter, Adolph Gottlieb.
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Curated OER

Slate: Van Gogh's Expressionist Legacy

For Students 9th - 10th
An annotated slideshow that focuses on the impact that Van Gogh had on the German and Austrian expressionists.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Rothko's Legacy

For Students 9th - 10th
Transcript of NewsHour's Paul Solman interviewing the art historian and Rothko biographer, Dore Ashton. Provides insight into the life and work of abstract expressionist Mark Rothko. Interview dated August 5, 1998.
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PBS

Pbs: American Masters: Alexander Calder

For Students 9th - 10th
From the PBS series, American Masters, this is the biography, a video, and related links for the American abrstract expressionist sculptor Alexander Calder.
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Sf Mo Ma: Collections: Recent Acquisitions/anselm Kiefer

For Students 9th - 10th
Neo-Expressionist artist Anselm Kiefer's painting "The Sixth Trump" is shown, along with a very thorough analysis of the artwork, and background on the artist.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Paul Klee (1879 1940)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on the Swiss expressionist painter Paul Klee (1879-1940). With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Garden of Love (Improvisation Number 27)

For Students 9th - 10th
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "The Garden of Love (Improvisation Number 27)", an expressionist painting by Wassily Kandinsky.
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California State University

Expressionist Art Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Great lesson for upper elementary young scholars who think that all art has to look "real." Through the images of Edvard Munch's work, students come to understand the role emotion can play in creating visually compelling work.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Artists by Movement: Expressionism

For Students 9th - 10th
This Artcyclopedia resource offers a brief overview of Expressionism and a chronological timeline that links to each artist.
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BBC

Bbc: Simon Schama's Power of Art: Rothko

For Students 9th - 10th
From the BBC's documentary series on art "Simon Schama's Power of Art", this is the web-page synopsis version of the program on the American abstract-expressionist painter, Mark Rothko.
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Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comission

Explore Pa History: Franz Kline

For Students 3rd - 8th
A succinct biographical sketch that explores the life and contributions of abstract expressionist and Pennsylvania native, Franz Kline.
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Other

Nebraska Center for Writers: Weldon Kees

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Weldon Kees (1914-1955?) was not only an important minor poet of the mid-20th century American literary scene, he was also a fiction writer, playwright, cultural critic and impresario, filmmaker and photographer, abstract expressionist...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Is Abstract Expressionism?

For Students 9th - 10th
If you visit a museum with a collection of modern and contemporary art, you're likely to see works that sometimes elicit the response, "My cat could make that, so how is it art?" But is it true? Could anyone create one of Jackson...
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Other

Clyfford Still Museum: Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This page shows a few examples of works from the collection of the Clyffrod Still Museum and talks about the collection in general. Still was an important American abstract-expressionist painter who produced thousands of large format...
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Smithsonian Institution

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 Institution

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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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Jasper Johns

For Students 9th - 10th
Artcyclopedia provides a Web guide to museum and scholarly resources online about Jasper Johns (b. 1930), an American Abstract Expressionist, pop artists, and sculptor.
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Expressionism

For Students 9th - 10th
This definition of expressionism in art includes numerous quotes from artists and pictorial examples of art that embodies the concept.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Artists by Movement: Abstract Expressionism

For Students 9th - 10th
This Artcyclopedia site offers a brief overview of Abstract Expressionism and a timeline that links to each artist.

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