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Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource includes a detailed biography, transcripts of his letters to his beloved brother Theo, photographs, numerous reproductions, and more. The museum also collects Western paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints from the...
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Wonderville Media

Wonderville: Vincent Van Gogh

For Students 3rd - 5th
Vincent van Gogh was an extraordinary painter. His paintings are bright and full of energy. He painted everything, including portraits of people, landscapes, his bedroom, and simple flower arrangements. Learn about Vincent Van Gogh in...
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Channel 4 Culture (u.k.): Vincent, the Full Story

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the full story of Vincent van Gogh broken up into different sections for easy navigation.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Vincent Van Gogh

For Students 1st - 7th
Useful biographical information and fun facts about Vincent Van Gogh's paintings.
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A&E Television

Biography: Vincent Van Gogh

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief look at the creative, but tumultuous, career of artist Vincent van Gogh. Discusses several of his most famous works ("The Potato Eaters" and "Sunflowers"), his artistic influences, and legacy.
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Kinder Art

Kinder Art: Van Gogh's Sunflowers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson plan from KinderArt will show students how to use pastels to create a variety of lines and textural effects after the manner of Vincent van Gogh. Students will learn that colors can be subjective as well as objective.
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Kinder Art

Kinder Art: Van Gogh's Painting Style in "The Starry Night"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A lesson plan from KinderArt that investigates Van Gogh's technique as exhibited in "The Starry Night."
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Canvas Creations: Vincent Van Gogh Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a short biography on the life of Vincent Van Gogh.
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Van Gogh Gallery

Vincent Van Gogh Gallery: Drawings

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers tremendous drawings by Vincent van Gogh that are listed in alphabetical order. Peruse through the listings and gaze upon some of the most creative works of art in history.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography: Vincent Van Gogh for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Vincent van Gogh who was an artist and painter of the Post-impressionist art movement.
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Starfall

Starfall: Vincent Van Gogh

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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.
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California State University

Van Gogh Lesson

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Introduce the masters to young students. 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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Van Gogh Gallery

Van Gogh Gallery: The Starry Nights

For Students 9th - 10th
An essay that discusses three interpretations of Van Gogh's "The Starry Night."
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: The Two Sides of Vincent Van Gogh

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS Senior Producer Jeffrey Brown 1998 interview with Earl Powell III, Director, National Gallery of Art, John Leighton, Director, Van Gogh Museum, Richard Schickel, Time Magazine and others. Brown discusses the artist's intent as...
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Museum of Modern Art

Mo Ma: Destination Modern Art

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Museum of Modern Art invites young readers interactively learn about Vincent van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, and Umberto Boccioni using sound, simple language, and engaging animations.
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Van Gogh Gallery

Van Gogh Gallery: Vincent Van Gogh: Fun Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn fascinating facts about the life and career of this prolific Dutch post-impressionist painter.
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NASA

Nasa: Astronomy Picture of the Day: "The Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Discover why the scientists at NASA awarded Van Gogh's famous painting of the night sky, "The Starry Night," a spot on its astronomy-picture-of-the-day site.
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Eduweb

Eduweb: Inside Art: An Adventure in Art History

For Students 3rd - 8th
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...
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Cezanne to Picasso (Slideshow of Masterworks)

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Vincent Van Gogh

For Students 9th - 10th
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Vincent van Gogh.
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Curated OER

Wheatfield With Crows, by Vincent Van Gogh (1890)

For Students 9th - 10th
From the BBC's documentary series "Simon Schama's Power of Art," find a synopsis of the broadcast on the Dutch master Van Gogh.
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Curated OER

Slate: Van Gogh's Expressionist Legacy

For Students 9th - 10th
An annotated slideshow that focuses on the impact that Van Gogh had on the German and Austrian expressionists.
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Other

Vincent Art Gallery: About Expressionism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a definition of Expressionism with links to Van Gogh and Gauguin.
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Curated OER

Web Exhibits: Pigments Through the Ages: Look Closer: Van Gogh: Au Jardin

For Students 9th - 10th
Reproduction of Van Goph's Madamoiselle Gachet au Jardin.

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