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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Ivan Albright

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this is a portrait photograph and biography for the American painter, Ivan Albright.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Joshua Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Joshua Johnson is described here along with information on his contributions to art. Johnson is the "earliest documented" African American painter.
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Smithsonian Institution

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 Institution

National Portrait Gallery: American Women: Jane Addams

For Students 9th - 10th
See a portrait of activist Jane Addams painted by American painter, George deForest Brush, and read a brief discussion of Addams' important role as a reformer.
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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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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Norman Rockwell

For Students 9th - 10th
The Luce Foundation Center for American Art presents the American realist illustrator and painter Norman Rockwell. A biography, photograph portrait, and image of work on view in the collection with a map to locate it are included.
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Color as Field: American Painting, 1950 1975

For Students 9th - 10th
Slideshow that highlights paintings exhibited at the Smithsonian American Art Museum done by artists whose works are classified as color field painting.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Famous Americans: James Mc Neill Whistler

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn brief information from the National Postal Museum on James McNeill Whistler, famous American painter of "Whistler's Mother" who is featured on the two cent postage stamp.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Whistler, Sargent, and Tanner American Abroad

For Students 9th - 10th
Shows several paintings of three American painters who not only studied abroad but chose to remain abroad. The paintings are described in detail, and full-screen images can be downloaded.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Lia Cook: Textile Painter

For Students 9th - 10th
The artwork of Lia Cook, textile painter is profiled. Cook has a unique way of "weaving paintings" by dying silk cords, painting linen threads, and weaving them together to create figures and motifs.
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Other

De Young Museum of American Art: Boatmen on the Missouri: George Caleb Bingham

For Students 9th - 10th
A site about the painter, George Caleb Bingham, created by The De Young Museum of American Art. The painting "Boatmen on the Mississippi," is shown and described on the first page. Click "Next," on the bottom to view and read about...
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PBS

Pbs: American Masters: John James Audubon

For Students 9th - 10th
From the PBS, American Masters series, this is "John James Audubon"; see a clip from a documentary on tha artist, visit an on-line gallery of his work, and read a short biography of the artist.
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Other

Fine Arts Museum: Teachers' Guide to American Art

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This guide focuses on twenty-four paintings from the impressive collection of American art housed at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. The earliest work, a portrait of the children of a Puritan family, dates from 1670. The last piece...
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Other

Terra Foundation for American Art

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A collection begun by Daniel J. Terra in the 1970's includes more than seven hundred prints, drawings, photographs, and sculptures is presented online.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: John Henry Twachtman

For Students 9th - 10th
The painting career of John Henry Twachtman is discussed in this biography. Also provided are images of five of Twachtman's works.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: John Singleton Copley

For Students 9th - 10th
The Web Museum profiles the work of the American painter John Singleton Copley (1738-1815).
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Sonnet Central

Sonnets: William Cullen Bryant (1794 1878)

For Students 9th - 10th
Six sonnets by the American Romantic era poet, including "Midsummer," "October," "November," "To an American Painter Departing for Europe," "Mutation," and "William Tell."
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PBS

Pbs: American Masters: Georgia O'keeffe

For Students 9th - 10th
From the PBS series, American Masters, this is the biography for the American realist painter, Georgia O'Keeffe.
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Smithsonian Institution

Archives of American Art: Season's Greetings From Werner Drewes

For Students 9th - 10th
American painter Werner Drewes often made homemade cards to send to family and friends for the holidays. See examples of an artist's holiday designs all done with printmaking styles.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Willard L. Metcalf

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief profile of American painter Willard L. Metcalf.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Thomas Sully

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information on British-born American painter Thomas Sully, with links to his works in the Smithsonian's collection.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Famous Americans: Gilbert Stuart

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn brief information from the National Postal Museum on Gilbert Stuart, famous American portrait painter, who was featured on the one cent postage stamp.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Chronological Listing of Child Painters

For Students 9th - 10th
ArtCyclopedia's complete list of painters of children from the 19th and 20th centuries to the present. There are links to the artists' biography and works.
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Smithsonian Institution

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...