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.

Numerous pieces of art are available to view. Students just click on the red "s" and get a larger image of the piece as well as some information and inquiry about the piece. Teachers get a more in-depth overview as well as activity...

A biography of Vincent van Gogh who was an artist and painter of the Post-impressionist art movement.

A detailed history and explanation of the ideologies behind cubism. Lots of cubism links as well.

This site offers a variety of art lessons that use various media. Each project includes instructions and pictures of the students' completed artwork.

This site offers paintings by famous artists with some information about each of them, followed by a language arts lesson. They include the following: Van Gogh (reflexive pronouns), Seurat (-ight), Gauguin (-ou), Chagall (opposites),...

How can a landscape convey mood? Take a look at Vincent van Gogh's "Landscape with Snow" and examine the painting's mood with the help of this site's writing/discussion prompts.

Biographical summary of the life and career of French painter Maurice de Vlaminck, one of the principal figures in the Fauve movement.

Interactive game in which the player learns about various artists and art styles while helping to solve a mystery! Resources and clues provided as the mystery game unfolds.

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...

Biographical summary of the life and career of William Glackens, American realist painter who was one of the founders of the Ashcan School of American art and a member of the art movement, "The Eight."

Inspired by both a song (sung by Don McLean) about Van Gogh as well as a poem written by Tupac Shakur, students will be inspired to research an artist with an interesting life and style of work. Students will research the artist they...

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...

brief biographical sketch of the life and career of American painter Roy Lichtenstein, a leading figure of the Pop Art movement.

Biographical account covers the life and career of American painter Robert Rauschenberg. His works helped inspire the Pop art movement.

Biographical summary of the life and career of 20th-century French Cubist painter Fernand Leger.

Biographical account highlights the life and career of Spanish Cubist painter Juan Gris.

Biographical account highlights the life and career of French Post-Impressionist painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

Biographical account covers the life and career of Aristide Maillol, a French sculptor, and painter.

Biographical summary of the life and career of Jean Hans Arp, a German-French sculptor, and painter known as a Dadaist and an abstract artist.

This site contains information on Art Nouveau in great detail. Find out what this term means, and how this "new art" adapted from old styles.

Play the role of a 1940s-era detective and discover the artist of a mystery painting by examining its style, composition, use of color, and subject. Involves comparing and contrasting the work of Raphael, Titian, Millet, Van Gogh,...

An in-depth look at how Matisse used color and at how contemporary theories about optics and color influenced his work. The essay describes how a group of artists along with Matisse--Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Seurat among them--became tired...

Students will learn about the symbolic meanings associated with various colors. Then students will design a piece of art with colors that are reflective of their personal emotions.