California State University
Van Gogh Lesson
Introduce the masters to young young scholars. This art lesson plan will have your 2nd graders singing the praises of Vincent van Gogh as they create their very own "Starry Night."
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Canvas Creations: Vincent Van Gogh Biography
This site contains a short biography on the life of Vincent Van Gogh.
Starfall
Starfall: Vincent Van Gogh
A short interactive story for early readers based on the artist Vincent van Gogh. Three of his paintings are presented. The story vocabulary is posted below the book. A link also takes you to a short biography.
Van Gogh Gallery
Van Gogh Gallery: Vincent Van Gogh: Fun Facts
Learn fascinating facts about the life and career of this prolific Dutch post-impressionist painter.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Cezanne to Picasso (Slideshow of Masterworks)
An NPR-produced slideshow set to the music of Claude Debussy showcases dozens of post-impressionist masterworks by Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Bonnard, Derain, Degas, and Picasso. The slideshow coincides with an exhibition that opened at...
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Vincent Van Gogh
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Vincent van Gogh.
Incredible Art Department
The Incredible Art Department: Integration of Art and Drama
A 7-day unit of lessons integrating art with drama. Artists covered include Filippo Brunelleschi, Leonardo Da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri Matisse, and five Indiana artists.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Tribute to an Artist and His/her Work
Inspired by both a song (sung by Don McLean) about Van Gogh as well as a poem written by Tupac Shakur, learners will be inspired to research an artist with an interesting life and style of work. Students will research the artist they...
Eduweb
Eduweb: Inside Art: An Adventure in Art History
Inside Art lets younger students explore multiple aspects of landscape painting as they jump into a work by Vincent van Gogh. After learning about color, form, genre, and the artist, art adventurers take a short quiz to check their...
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Arts Connect Ed Artist's Toolkit: Warm and Cool Colors
An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This lesson is on warm and cool colors and works are studied from both Van Gogh and Joan Mitchell. The animation shows the...
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Andrew Wyeth
Biographical account covers the life and career of Andrew Wyeth, American scene artist and one of the best-known U.S. artists of the middle 20th century.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Andre Derain
Biographical account covers the life and career of Andre Derain, French artist and one of the founders of the Fauve artistic movement.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Biographical summary of the life and career of 16th-century Flemish Renaissance artist Pieter Brueghel the Elder.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Artists Biographies
Click on the name of your chosen artist on this website to read a short biography.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Lucas Cranach the Elder
Biographical account highlights the life and career of German Renaissance artist Lucas Cranach the Elder.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Peter Paul Rubens
Biographical account covers the life and career of Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish artist of the Baroque tradition.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Georgia O'keeffe
Biographical account covers the life and career of Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist known for her paintings of magnified flowers, animal skulls, and New Mexico desert landscapes.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Paul Cezanne
Biographical account covers the life and career of Paul Cezanne, French artist and Post-Impressionist painter.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: James Abbott Mc Neill Whistler
Biographical summary of the life and career of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, an American artist whose most famous work is "Whistler's Mother."
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: George Caleb Bingham
Biographical summary of the life and career of William Glackens, American frontier painter and politician known as "the Missouri Artist."
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Nicholas Hilliard
Biographical summary of the life and career of Nicholas Hilliard, British artist of portrait miniatures during the Renaissance.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: William H Johnson
Profiles William H. Johnson, an African-American artist best known for his paintings and prints of landscapes and portraits.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Giorgio De Chirico
Biographical account covers the life and career of Giorgio de Chirico, Italian artist and founder of the Metaphysical art movement.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Oskar Kokoschka
Biographical summary of the life and career of Austrian artist Oskar Kokoschka who was an influential part of the Viennese Expressionist movement.