The website of the National Galleries of Scotland is the collective online home of half a dozen Scotland-based galleries and art venues. From this page you can jump to information about the current, past, and future exhibitions of each...

A short biography on the American painter Edward Hopper.

Using photographs of natural and man-made objects, students assemble the pieces to create a seascape or an abstract composition.

The online arm of the National Gallery of Victoria, which maintains an extensive collection of art by Australian artists and a collection of international art as well. Both collections are easy to browse through by artist name or subject...

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...

What a fun artist to explore! Check out the neon lights and glowing fluorescent colors of Dan Flavin. This printable article includes a poetry activity related to Flavin's art.

This site provides Stuart's "George Washington (Vaughan Portrait)" along with some information on the portrait and painting.

Biographical highlights of the life and career of Impressionist painter, Mary Cassatt.

This valuable site offers an in depth look at John Singleton Copley's famous painting entitled "Watson and the Shark"

"Ophelia Among the Flowers" is shown here, with two short paragraphs of description.

This resource contains information about the painting entitled "The Return of Rip Van Winkle" by American artist John Quidor.

An image of Stuart's "The Skater," as well as information on the creation of the painting. Includes more links to Stuart and this painting.

A printable kid-friendly introduction to the watercolors of Winslow Homer.

A kid-friendly printable packet that walks you through the "what's" and the "why's" of a Dutch food still-life painting. Also includes a fun cookie recipe!

A printable, kid-friendly introduction to the famous portraits painted by Gilbert Stuart. Includes a matching activity connected to social studies.

A printable, kid-friendly introduction to the art of Rembrandt. Includes a suggested art activity and simple art analysis questions.

Students will learn about Queen Zenobia of Palmyra who led her soldiers to challenge the Roman Empire. Then, they will select another famous heroine from history and create a fictional Facebook profile for her as a form of biography....

Students will identify clues and adjectives to describe Judith Leyster's personality and then develop and refine her characterizations through poetry writing. Using Leyster's monogram as their inspiration, they will then shift the focus...

An invaluable site showing works and discussing artists who were part of the Gemini Artist Workshop. Artist include David Hockney, Andy Warhol, Nancy Kienholz and over 50 others.

As part of the National Gallery's tribute "Encounters with Rembrandt" at its Rembrandt 400 online exhibition, this site focuses on Rembrandt's self portrait and is featured alongside two other self portraits by Lievens and Flinck who...

An interactive site which tells the story of the painting "Napoleon in His Study" painted by Jacques-Louis David. Fun activities and an art project are included at this site.

Students will consider the term "conceptual art" and the role of math in producing this art. They will first create a conceptual art piece by following a set of Sol LeWitt's instructions. Then, they will design two conceptual art plans...

Take a look at the artist's gallery of the works of Canadian painter, Marc-Aurele de Foy Suzor-Cote. By clicking on the picture, you can gather more detailed information.

Rousseau imagined Tropical Forest with Monkeys from trips to botanical gardens, zoos, and illustrations in books. Students will conduct research and imagine themselves in a place other than where they live. They also will investigate the...