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EL Education

El Education: Class Portrait Poster

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Kindergarten students at the College School in St. Louis, Missouri, created this over-sized poster of individual student self-portraits. The portraits were part of an investigation of the students in the class- their similarities and...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Charles Willson Peale

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Luce Foundation Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this is a self-portrait and biography for Charles Willson Peale, monumental portrait painter of George Washington and the man responsible for opening America?s first...
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Rembrandt Paintings

For Students 9th - 10th
The Metropolitan showcases all the paintings (chiefly portraits) in its collection by Rembrandt on this page. Here you can read a biographical note of the artist and learn about the qualities of his art for which he is best known and...
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Inside Scoop: Rembrandt [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
A printable, kid-friendly introduction to the art of Rembrandt. Includes a suggested art activity and simple art analysis questions.
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CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: M. C. Escher

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a very informative biography as well as a gallery with 15 pictures of great Escher art.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Romaine Brooks

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Romaine Brooks is described here along with information on her contributions to art through her use of a basic palette (black, white, and grays) and her own self-portrait.
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Kinder Art

Kinder Art: Warhol "Pop Art" Posters (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson plan looks at the pop art of Andy Warhol.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Kahlo, the Two Fridas (Las Dos Fridas)

For Students 9th - 10th
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is known for her self-portraits. These powerful and unflinching self-images explore complex and difficult topics including her culturally mixed heritage, the harsh reality of her medical conditions, and the...
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Other

Cgfa: El Greco's Self Portrait

For Students 9th - 10th
This art resource contains a copy of El Greco's "Self Portrait".
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Mexican Art

For Students 9th - 10th
A page of examples of Mexican art is provided at this website. Click the link to each title of the work to view it and information on it.
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ArtQuizz

Art Quizz Frida Kahlo

For Students 9th - 10th
A 10-question quiz on the life of Frida Kahlo.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Paul Gauguin

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of Gauguin's works with a guided tour through the gallery. Each painting is discussed with additional bibliography and exhibit history.
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Other

The New Children's Museum: Face It

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Create a self-portrait using a variety of art techniques and styles by cutting construction paper into facial contour lines.
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Museum of Modern Art

Mo Ma Exhibit: Chuck Close

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief introduction to the work of photorealist painter Chuck Close. Includes visual examples of his work, including the recognizable "Big Self-Portrait".
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BBC

Bbc Arts and Culture: Turner Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief bio and a click-through gallery of a dozen works by J. M. W. Turner, including a self-portrait.
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Jacques Louis David: Empire to Exile

For Students 9th - 10th
The companion website of a major survey of the work of Jacques-Louis David exhibited at the J. Paul Getty Museum in February 2005. The exhibition focuses on the artist's career after the French Revolution, from the mid-1790s until his...
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Portrait

For Students 9th - 10th
A very good website on portraits and portraiture. Provides a good defintition of portrait and several examples of portraits from different eras and cultures in history. Includes many quotes by artists concerning their attitudes towards...
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CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Grant Wood

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: Impressionist and Post Impressionist Art

For Students 9th - 10th
In the late 19th century, the Impressionists defied academic tradition in French art with their emphasis on modern subjects, sketchlike technique, and practice of painting in the open air with pure, high-keyed color. The Art Institute of...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Chuck Close

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

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Herbert Katzman

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Herbert Katzman is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his paintings, which showed an influence of French Expressionism.
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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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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Benjamin West

For Students 9th - 10th
Benjamin West is profiled at this site in a format that begins with a brief biographical sketch of his life. His works are then listed by appearance in the museum's database. Each work is presented in thumbnail format with brief...
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CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Gustave Courbet

For Students 9th - 10th
This gallery of Courbet's work includes well as a brief biography. Be sure to click the link at the bottom for more information.

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