Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: Finding Polygons in Cubist Art
This lesson plan has young scholars identifying the use of polygons in cubist portraits.
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National Museum of Women in the Arts: Cecilia Beaux
A short biography of American realist painter, Cecilia Beaux. Also, includes a few examples of her portrait work.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Breaking Racial Barriers
Exhibition of portraits, accompanied by brief biographical sketches, of prominent African Americans, whose contributions to science, the arts, business, and politics have enriched and enlivened the public good in the United States:...
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Josephine Baker: Image and Icon
A slideshow of more than a dozen photographic, drawn, and printed portraits of Josephine Baker, set to the music of Duke Ellington. An evocative encapsulation of Jazz Age celebrity.
EL Education
El Education: Black History Portraits
This product represents the work of one student from Meadowbrook High School, Chesterfield County, Virginia. Each portrait depicts a figure from black history. The student transformed his graffiti art skills into beautifully detailed and...
EL Education
El Education: Faces of the Depression
This book was created by 5th graders in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, as part of a learning expedition on the Great Depression. Students learned about the Depression though several different sources: in addition to standard historical...
EL Education
El Education: Willie Mays Poster
A colored pencil portrait of Willie Mays created by a 6th grade student at Shutesbury Elementary School in Shutesbury, Massachusetts. This original artwork provides exemplary work to which other students may aspire.
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National Portrait Gallery: Face It!
This UK site gives us insight into how symbols and colors are used in a portrait to represent certain ideas. You can even take each portrait and have it shown in line drawing - print it out and color it your own way.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: George Washington Charles Wilson Peale
This resource provides Peale's rendition of the famous American leader, George Washington.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Robert Brackman
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Robert Brackman is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work with portraits and still lifes.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Louise Cox
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Louise Cox is described here along with information on her contributions to art through her portraits of children. Be sure to click on her name to see examples of her art.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: John Whetten Ehninger
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, John Whetten Ehninger is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his portrait painting. Ehninger also worked as a genre painter and illustrator.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Eastman Johnson
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Eastman Johnson is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his portrait paintings.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: William Sergeant Kendall
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, William Sergeant Kendall is described here along with information on his contributions to art through painting and sculpture. With his painting, he is remembered most for his...
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: John Mix Stanley
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, John Mix Stanley is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work as a portrait painter.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Albert Sterner
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Albert Sterner is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his portrait paintings, his printmaking, and his illustrations.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Doris Ulmann
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Doris Ulmann is described here along with information on her contributions to art through her portrait photography.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Julius Vannerson
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Julius Vannerson is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work with portraits.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Irving R. Wiles
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Irving R. Wiles is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work as a portrait painter.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Joseph Wood
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Joseph Wood is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his miniatures and portraits.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Thomas Waterman Wood
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Thomas Waterman Wood is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his portraits.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Charles Wells
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Charles Wells is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work with sculpture and portraits.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Daniel Dickinson
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Daniel Dickinson is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his portrait painting. The site also provides two examples of his portraits as...
Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Warhol "Pop Art" Posters (Lesson Plan)
This lesson plan looks at the pop art of Andy Warhol.