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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Paris: West, Benjamin

For Students 9th - 10th
This Webmuseum site provides biographical information on American artist, Benjamin West (1738-1820 CE). Includes images of "The Death of General Wolfe," and "A Domestic Affliction."
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: George Catlin

For Students 9th - 10th
Artcyclopedia provides a list of exhibitions of museums and galleries, articles and other resources featuring American Artist George Catlin.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: John Mix Stanley

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, John Mix Stanley is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work as a portrait painter.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: John Quidor

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biographical sketch of John Quidor, an American romantic painter famous for his works based on literary themes. Includes a link to "The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane," a work by Quidor in Smithsonian's collection.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Kenneth Campbell

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Kenneth Campbell is described here along with information on his contributions to art through sculpture. Campbell began as an abstract painter before turning to sculpture for...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: John Whetten Ehninger

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, John Whetten Ehninger is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his portrait painting. Ehninger also worked as a genre painter and illustrator.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: John Whorf

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, John Whorf is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work as a watercolor painter.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Irving R. Wiles

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Irving R. Wiles is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work as a portrait painter.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: American Scene Painters

For Students 9th - 10th
Artcyclopedia's complete list of artists from the mainstream realist and antimodernist styles of the Great Depression. There are links to the artists' biographies and pictures of their work.
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PBS

Pbs: American Masters: Jasper Johns

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS profiles the life and work of the artist Jasper Johns.
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Other

North Carolina Museum of Art

For Students 9th - 10th
At the North Carolina Museum of Art, the collection of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, with works by van Dyck, Brueghel, and Raphael, is internationally recognized. American painters John Singleton Copley, Winslow Homer, and Georgia...
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Other

Memory Is a Painter: The Art of Grandma Moses

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a short biography with three enlargeable images of the work of Grandma Moses.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Edward Hopper, American Scene Painter, 1882 1967

For Students 9th - 10th
You'll find Hopper's famous paintings in museums and galleries across the U.S. and around the world.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Morris Louis: American Abstract Expressionist Painter

For Students 9th - 10th
Here are links to Louis Morris' famous paintings from galleries and museums around the world.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Arshile Gorky: Armenian/american Abstract Expressionist

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains several links related to Arshile Gorky.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Laura Wheeler Waring

For Students 9th - 10th
Short biographical sketch on Laura Wheeler Waring, an American painter and educator who often depicted African American subjects.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Edward Mitchell Bannister

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical summary of the life and career of Edward Mitchell Bannister, a noted African American painter of the nineteenth century.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Arshile Gorky

For Students 9th - 10th
Profiles the life and career of Armenian-American painter Arshile Gorky who played a role in the development of Abstract Expressionism.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Kerry James Marshall

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Kerry James Marshall, an African American painter and printmaker whose work examines aspects of black culture in the United States. His unique images extend the grand traditions of history...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Henry Ossawa Tanner

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography on Henry Tanner, an American painter who gained international acclaim for his depiction of landscapes and biblical themes.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Romare Bearden

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account covers the life and career of Romare Bearden, African-American painter who worked in many different types of media.
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Columbia University

Columbia University: "The Migration Series" by Jacob Lawrence

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a four slide-show examination of the pictorial series that the Harlem Renaissance artist Jacob Lawrence created in paint to tell the story of the "The Great Migration" of African-Americans from the Southern United States to the...
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Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: William M. Harnett

For Students 9th - 10th
View nineteenth-century American trompe o'eil still life "For Sunday's Dinner" by William Harnett, with context and analysis.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Masquerade Dress

For Students 9th - 10th
A picture of the painting "The Masquerade Dress" with general information about it. Also includes detailed biographical info about the painter, Robert Henri.