Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Lia Cook: Textile Painter
The artwork of Lia Cook, textile painter is profiled. Cook has a unique way of "weaving paintings" by dying silk cords, painting linen threads, and weaving them together to create figures and motifs.
Read Works
Read Works: The Painter's Studio
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a painter who dreams of painting a masterpiece and learns a valuable lesson. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Chronological Listing of Still Life Painters
ArtCyclopedia's complete list of still life painters from the 16th thru the 20th centuries. There are links to the artists' biography and works.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Chronological Listing of Flower Painters
ArtCyclopedia's chronological list of flower painters from the 16th thru the 20th centuries. There are links to the painters' biography and works.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Chronological Listing of Landscape Painters
ArtCyclopedia's chronological list of landscape painters from the 16th thru the 20th centuries. There are links to the artists' biography and works.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Chronological Listing of Child Painters
ArtCyclopedia's complete list of painters of children from the 19th and 20th centuries to the present. There are links to the artists' biography and works.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Hans the Painter by Mary C. Rowsell
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Baldwin Library: Hans the Painter by Mary C. Rowsell (1888). This book is a fictional biography of Hans the painter.
Other
The Art Career Project: Painter
This page explains general information about what to expect in a career as a painter, including work environment, education and training suggestions, and salary and job outlooks.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Master Charlie, Painter, Poet, Novelist, and Teacher
A scanned copy of the 1899 publication Master Charlie, Painter, Poet, Novelist, and Teacher by Phillis Browne, a book of stories for children.
Tour Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Francisco Amighetti ( Engraver, Painter )
This page is part of the Web of InfoCostaRica. The page gives the biography of Francisco Amighetti, a famous Costa Rican Engraver and Painter. It also includes a photo of one of his paintings.
Other
Eggtempera: The Society of Tempera Painters
This site explains about using egg tempera paint. The history of the medium and examples from past and present artists are included on this site. The information on this site is very complete with everything you need to know about the...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Schalken the Painter" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Text of the short story "Schalken the Painter" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, a 19th-century Irish writer of Gothic stories. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
Robin Chew
Lucid Cafe: Claude Monet, Impressionist Painter
A brief biography of French impressionist painter Claude Monet. Includes links to selected paintings and picture of the artist.
Other
Prado Museum: Rembrandt: History Painter
Past exhibit of Rembrandt's works at the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain. Website contains a video preview of the exhibit in Spanish with English subtitles, practical information about the exhibit, information about Rembrandt, and a video...
White Pine Pictures
White Pine Pictures: Rene Richard: Painter of the North
Rene Richard was a native of Switzerland who worked as a trapper and hunter to avoid the hardships of farming life that his family endured. He came to appreciate Alberta's north and went to France to train as an artist. When he returned,...
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Giorgio De Chirico: Greek/italian Surrealist Painter
Contains several links to Giorgio de Chirico's famous paintings.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Edward Hopper, American Scene Painter, 1882 1967
You'll find Hopper's famous paintings in museums and galleries across the U.S. and around the world.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Karel Appel: Dutch Abstract Expressionist Painter
Contains several links to Karel Appel's famous paintings.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Morris Louis: American Abstract Expressionist Painter
Here are links to Louis Morris' famous paintings from galleries and museums around the world.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: American Scene Painters
Artcyclopedia's complete list of artists from the mainstream realist and antimodernist styles of the Great Depression. There are links to the artists' biographies and pictures of their work.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Max Beckmann: German Expressionist Painter, 1884 1950
Contains several links to museums, galleries and other sources related to Max Beckmann's artwork.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Colorful Painter Fact Families
Find the missing numbers in the fact family number sentences.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: John Singleton Copley
This sample "exhibit" from the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art offers a short biography of colonial painter and portrait artist John Singleton Copley. Includes links to six different paintings, each with an informative caption.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Giovanni Antonio Canal (Canaletto)
This ibiblio.org Web Museum site provides information about the life and artwork of Venetian painter, Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697-1768 CE). Contains mostly biographical info, with one example of his artwork, and a brief description.
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