Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Artist Painting a Portrait of a Musician
An image of "Artist Painting a Portrait of a Musician", created by Marguerite Gerard, c. 1803 (Oil on panel, 61 x 52 cm).
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Inside Scoop: Rembrandt [Pdf]
A printable, kid-friendly introduction to the art of Rembrandt. Includes a suggested art activity and simple art analysis questions.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Claude Monet
This site presents a detailed biography of Claude Monet, as well as images of many of his works. His work is broken into numerous sub-sections for display purposes, and many include detailed accounts of the work.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Vincent Van Gogh
A Webmuseum English biographical essay of Vincent van Gogh, with a number of art illustrations.
Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev
Olga's Gallery: Raphael
Enlarged image from Olga's Gallery of Portrait of Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de Medici and Luigi de Rossi
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: David Hockney
A biography of David Hockney, Pop artist. Examples of his work with some explanation. There is a link to a short discussion on the Pop movement.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Robert Feke
Brief biography of artist Robert Feke, the early American artist who painted "Isaac Royall and his Family."
Other
Art in Context: Images Portraiture
The Art in Context site displays a series of portraits which may be enlarged. Clicking on the artist's name results in more information on galleries and exhibitions and other images by the artist. The site may be searched by artist's...
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Giorgione and the High Renaissance in Venice
7 full-color images from Italian Renaissance artists. Three of the works are from Giorgione. Click on each to find a short explanation and analysis.
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.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Charles Wells
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Charles Wells is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work with sculpture and portraits.
National Library of France
National Library of France: Face to Face
This portrait gallery of diverse approaches to representing the face and the human figure is rich in style and technique. A useful resource for comparing and contrasting how different artists figure out what makes portraiture interesting.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Art Picasso
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews some characteristics of Picasso's style of painting and invites students to draw their own Picasso portrait! It includes some Activote questions and some excellent websites for...
CGFA
Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Edgar Degas
This resource features an in-depth biography of the artist as well as a full gallery of his artwork. Be sure to check out the other pages of his works; the links are at bottom left and will appear as "To Degas-2" or whatever page is next.
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Picasso, the Early Years 1892 1906
With the National Gallery of Art and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Maryland Public TV developed programming and this website to explore the early years of Picasso's artistic development from his talent at 11 until early adulthood....
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Archibald John Jr Motley
Biographical summary of the life and career of Archibald John Jr Motley, African American visual painter whose work was divided between portraits and narrative paintings.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Sir Joshua Reynolds
Biographical summary of the life and career of English painter Sir Joshua Reynolds who specialized in portraits.
CGFA
Carol Gerten Fine Arts: John Singleton Copley
This resource from the CGFA and Carol Gerten-Jackson features images and a biography of American artist John Singleton Copley. The images are thumbnails of his paintings, which can be accessed for larger pictures.
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.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Frida Kahlo Biography
Explore this brief biography of Frida Kahlo, well-known Mexican artist.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Egon Schiele
This WebMuseum site offers a biography of the Austrian expressionist painter Egon Schiele, links to related artists, and pictures of some sample works.
CGFA
Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Grant Wood
CGFA provides five paintings in this online gallery: "American Gothic", "Stone City", "Self-Portrait", "Daughters of the Revolution", and "Return from Bohemia". Images only, with the briefest of information about title, date, medium, and...
Other
Claude Monet's: Biography of Claude Monet
An easy-to-read timeline/biography of Claude Monet, with many paintings and photographs of the artist. Content is also available in French.
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Portrait of the Artist's Mother
An image of "Portrait of the Artist's Mother", created by Albrecht Durer in 1514 (Charcoal drawing on paper, 421 x 303 mm).