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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Georgia O'keefe (1887 1986)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on Georgia O'Keefe (1887-1986) and her art. With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Henri Matisse (1869 1954)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on the modern master Henri Matisse (1869-1954). With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.
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Website
Other

Mary Cassatt the Complete Works

For Students 9th - 10th
View over 300 of Cassatt's paintings. You can conduct searches, watch slideshows, or view page by page. Also includes an extensive biography and many features that make finding and bookmarking your favorite works very easy.
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Website
Other

Pierre Auguste Renoir the Complete Works

For Students 9th - 10th
View over 1000 of Renoir's paintings! You can conduct searches, watch slideshows, or view page by page. Also includes an extensive biography and many features that make finding and bookmarking your favorite works very easy.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Vincent Van Gogh

For Students 9th - 10th
These articles and the corresponding slideshow on the works of Vincent van Gogh offer an in-depth background on his works and their inspirations.
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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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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: 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: 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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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Enduring Art of Marble Sculpture

For Students 9th - 10th
In the 5th century B.C., Greek artists perfected an idealized version of the human form, representing figures with youthful, serene faces and toned bodies in elegant, balanced poses. Painters and sculptors of later centuries were greatly...
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Other

University of the Arts, London: Paintings at Universal Leonardo

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a collection of 25 paintings by Renaissance-era master painters, including more than a dozen of Leonardo's most famous works. Paintings are accompanied by links to explanations of the artistic problems and puzzles that fascinated...
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Watson and the Shark

For Students 9th - 10th
Site features icons to tell the story of the painting "Watson and the Shark" and the painter John Singleton Copely. Great detail and historical information are available on the story of the painting, the artist, the painting itself and...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Perspective Drawing Inspired by n.c. Wyeth [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
For this lesson, students will generate unique fantasy drawings that utilize perspective and create the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional surface. Deriving inspiration from the American painter and illustrator N.C. Wyeth's The...
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Raphael

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed biography on the famous Italian painter Raphael who lived during the high Italian Renaissance. Discusses his influences by other artists, his works, and links to images of them.
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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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Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev

Olga's Gallery: Raphael

For Students 9th - 10th
Enlarged image from Olga's Gallery of Portrait of Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de Medici and Luigi de Rossi
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Isabel Bishop

For Students 9th - 10th
The ARTCYCLOPEDIA details the current location of many of Isabel Bishop's paintings in museums across the U.S.
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Other

Global Gallery: Albert Bierstadt

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a short history of Bierstadt's life. Also includes a link to view other works by Bierstadt.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Claude Joseph Vernet

For Students 9th - 10th
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Claude Joseph Vernet.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Charles Willson Peale

For Students 9th - 10th
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Charles Willson Peale.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Claude Lorrain

For Students 9th - 10th
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Claude Lorrain.