ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Vincent Van Gogh: Fields and Cypresses
Twelve of Vincent Van Gogh's paintings of fields and trees are on view at this page from the Webmuseum. The enlarged views show the actual texture of the paint. "Wheatfield with Cypresses" has a link to a detailed description and...
Other
Van Gogh Museum: Vincent Van Gogh: The Letters
Explore this exhibit of over nine hundred letters to and from Van Gogh. The archive is searchable by period, correspondent, and place. Additional navigation takes you directly to letters with sketches, which deftly demonstrate Van Gogh's...
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Vincent Van Gogh
This biography of van Gogh expresses his life as one who was important in the formation of Fauvism and expressionism.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Camille Pissarro, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cezanne
This site from the National Gallery of Art provides a tour of the leading artists of the post-impressionist movement: Van Gogh, Gauguin, Seurat, and Cezanne.
New York Times
New York Times: Vincent Van Gogh: A Draftsman's Fist
Michael Kimmelman, art critic for the New York Times, narrates a walk-through slideshow of an exhibition of Van Gogh's drawings mounted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2005. Wonderful examples of Van Gogh's landscapes and...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: How Van Gogh Made His Mark
An exhibition that focuses primarily on Van Gogh's drawings. Includes many illustrations and tools to help learners develop a deep level of understanding of "how Van Gogh made his mark." Helpful extras include a glossary, interactive...
Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev
Olga's Gallery: Vincent Van Gogh
Olga's Gallery of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890 CE). There are 122 images with a biography of the artists.
A&E Television
Biography: Vincent Van Gogh
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.
Art Institute of Chicago
Modern Collection: Vincent Van Gogh Self Portrait, 1887
Click to enlarge Van Gogh's self-portrait from 1886-87, and read the paragraph of text explaining his methods.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Van Gogh, the Starry Night
Van Gogh's canvas "The Starry Night" is an exceptional work of art, not only in terms of its quality but also within the artist's collection, since in comparison to favored subjects like irises, sunflowers, or wheat fields, night...
Van Gogh Gallery
Van Gogh Gallery: Vincent Van Gogh: Fun Facts
Learn fascinating facts about the life and career of this prolific Dutch post-impressionist painter.
Starfall
Starfall: Vincent Van Gogh
A short interactive story for early readers based on the artist Vincent van Gogh. Three of his paintings are presented. The story vocabulary is posted below the book. A link also takes you to a short biography.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Vincent Van Gogh
Information on the famous Dutch artist with links to his works in museums around the world. There are also magazine links.
Eduweb
Eduweb: Inside Art: An Adventure in Art History
Inside Art lets younger students explore multiple aspects of landscape painting as they jump into a work by Vincent van Gogh. After learning about color, form, genre, and the artist, art adventurers take a short quiz to check their...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Cezanne to Picasso (Slideshow of Masterworks)
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...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Tribute to an Artist and His/her Work
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...
Starfall
Starfall: Art Gallery
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),...
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Kunstmuseum Basel ( Fine Art Museum of Basel, Switzerland)
This is the home page of the Fine Art Museum in Basel, Switzerland. You can browse through the artworks in the collection online. Among the paintings on exhibit are ones by such renowned artists as Picasso, Gauguin, Monet, and Van Gogh....
The National Gallery (UK)
National Gallery, London: Teacher's Notes Touring Partnership Exhibition
Five paintings and their artists are discussed in these notes. Also included are some suggestions on using the painting in the primary classroom, ideas for activities and cross-curricular links.
Eduweb
Eduweb: A. Pintura: Art Detective
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.
Other
Cincinnati Art Museum: Teacher Resources
The CAM highlights several of the master works found in their permanent collection. View such big names as Chagall and Van Gogh. Along with background on each artist and the artwork, there are cross-curricular connections and suggested...
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Henri De Toulouse Lautrec
This website from discoverfrance.net features Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, the famous postimpressionist painter.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Art Nouveau
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.