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Mark Harden's Artchive

The Artchive Jasper Johns

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides access to 29 images of work by American artist Jasper Johns. Popup ads must be exited before you can see the image.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Janet Fish

For Students 9th - 10th
ArtCyclopedia's resource that shows links to Janet Fish's work, website, articles and other informative sites on this contemporary artist.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Malvin Gray Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on African American artist of the Harlem Renaissance Malvin Gray Johnson. In addition, an extensive listing of his works as...
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Other

National Museum of Women in the Arts: Elizabeth Catlett

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a profile of African American artist Elizabeth Catlett. Also included is a link to a page that displays a portfolio of her work.
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PBS

Art21: Kara Walker

For Students 9th - 10th
This artist is best known for exploring the themes of race, gender, and sexuality through silhouetted figures created by light projection.
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PBS

Art21: Bruce Nauman

For Students 9th - 10th
Profile of the artist Bruce Nauman with links to art work, videos clips, and interviews.
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PBS

Art21: Martin Puryear

For Students 9th - 10th
Puryear?s monumental objects and public installations are made in wood, stone, tar, wire, and various metals. He was a self-trained craftsman before becoming an artist and relies heavily on his earlier trade within his current work.
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PBS

Art21: Pepon Osorio

For Students 9th - 10th
Osorio's work stems from his experiences as a social worker in New York City. His large scale sculptures and installations are his way to "return art to the community."
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The American Identity: An Artistic Reflection

For Students 9th - 10th
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Given selected examples of American art, music, and literature, students will be able to identify the era of U.S. history that is reflected in the art.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Alice Trumbull Mason

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on Alice Trumbull Mason in addition to an extensive listing of her works as displayed at the museum.
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American Institute of Graphic Arts: Art and Propaganda

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an illustrated transcript of Milton Glaser's keynote address to a symposium on propaganda held in 2008, in which he muses on the purpose of art. Glaser, a celebrated graphic designer whose work is represented in major museums around...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Eanger Irving Couse

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Eanger Irving Couse is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his depictions and paintings of Native Americans.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Mary Adams

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on Mary Adams in addition to an extensive listing of her works as displayed at the museum.
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PBS

Pbs: American Masters: Diego Rivera

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS provides a biographical article about the Mexican painter and muralist Diego Rivera (1886-1957) who was married to fellow artist Frieda Kahlo.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Abbott Handerson Thayer

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Abbott Handerson Thayer is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his naturalist themes and his paintings of women as angels and madonnas.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Alexander H. Wyant

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Alexander H. Wyant is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his landscape painting.