This collection contains a series of large scale works inspired by Vincent van Gogh's sunflower paintings.

From the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, this is an image, description and explanation with an accompanying link to other facts about the post-impressionist painting "Self-Portrait" by Vincent Van Gogh.

This lesson plan from KinderArt will show students how to use pastels to create a variety of lines and textural effects after the manner of Vincent van Gogh. Students will learn that colors can be subjective as well as objective.

A lesson plan from KinderArt that investigates Van Gogh's technique as exhibited in "The Starry Night."

Introduce the masters to young students. This art lesson plan will have your 2nd graders singing the praises of Vincent van Gogh as they create their very own "Starry Night."

This site contains a short biography on the life of Vincent Van Gogh.

This site offers tremendous drawings by Vincent van Gogh that are listed in alphabetical order. Peruse through the listings and gaze upon some of the most creative works of art in history.

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...

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

Profiles Robert Motherwell, an American abstract expressionist painter who was one of the youngest members of the New York School.

Profiles the life and career of American abstract expressionist painter, Adolph Gottlieb.

Biographical account covers the life and career of Edward Hicks, an American folk painter.

Biographical account covers the life and career of Gustav Klimt, Austrian symbolist painter and a member of the Vienna Secession movement.

Biographical account covers the life and career of Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist known for her paintings of magnified flowers, animal skulls, and New Mexico desert landscapes.

Biographical account covers the life and career of Romare Bearden, African-American painter who worked in many different types of media.

Biographical account covers the life and career of Thomas Doughty, American landscape painter who was associated with the Hudson River School.

Biographical summary of the life and career of Edward Mitchell Bannister, a noted African American painter of the nineteenth century.

Biographical account covers the life and career of Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculpter.

Biographical summary of the life and career of Austrian artist Oskar Kokoschka who was an influential part of the Viennese Expressionist movement.

Biographical summary of the life and career of Italian Renaissance painter Allesandro Botticelli.

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...

Kids learn about the Post-impressionism Art movement and its major artists such as Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin on this site.

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...