Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Frank A. Rinehart
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Frank A. Rinehart is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his portrait paintings.
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Art in Context: Images Portraiture
The Art in Context site displays a series of portraits which may be enlarged. Clicking on the artist's name results in more information on galleries and exhibitions and other images by the artist. The site may be searched by artist's...
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Frans Hals
6 colorful images from Frans Hals. Click on each image to find a brief explanation and analysis. Find a link to a lengthy outlook on 16th-century Dutch painting.
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Aas Online Exhibition: Worcester Portraits in the American Antiquarian Society
Portraits of thirty-one Worcester residents. Among the names is Isaiah Thomas.
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Dayton Art Institute: An European Portrait
Before cameras were invented artists painted portraits to show what people looked like. This website shows a famous portrait done by artist Peter Paul Rubens and tells you how to create a portrait on your own.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Amedeo Modigliani
Biographical summary of the life and career of Italian expressionist painter Amedeo Modigliani known for his portraits.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Archibald John Jr Motley
Biographical summary of the life and career of Archibald John Jr Motley, African American visual painter whose work was divided between portraits and narrative paintings.
Howard University
Art @ Howard: Booker T. Washington Portrait
Howard University presents the painting by Malvin Gray Johson, "Booker T. Washington,"
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Image
This website from Webmuseum of Ibiblio.org provides information about the greatest artist of Renaissance Germany (goldsmith, illustrator, painter), Albrecht Durer (1471-1528). Site provides many images of his work.
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Edgar Allan Poe / Unknown
A really great site to explore for teachers and students. It contains lesson plans, discussion questions, as well as an image bank.
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Bar
This site describes the use of distinctive portrait heads, known as hedcuts or dot-drawings, in the Wall Street Journal.
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Picturing Business in America: Hedcuts in the Wall Street Journal
This site describes the use of distinctive portrait heads, known as hedcuts or dot-drawings, in the Wall Street Journal.
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Picturing Business in America: Hedcuts in the Wall Street Journal
This site describes the use of distinctive portrait heads, known as hedcuts or dot-drawings, in the Wall Street Journal.
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Picturing Business in America: Hedcuts in the Wall Street Journal
This site describes the use of distinctive portrait heads, known as hedcuts or dot-drawings, in the Wall Street Journal.
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Jerry Yang
From an exhibit of hedcuts from the Wall Street Journal are these two hedcuts by two different artists of Jerry Yang, developer of Yahoo. Included is a brief chronology of his business.
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Bill Gates
A hedcut of Bill Gates from the Wall Street Journal along with a brief account of his development of Microsoft Corporation.
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Paul Allen
From an exhibit of hedcuts from the Wall Street Journal. Two dot-drawings of Paul Allen accompany a biography of this computer entrepreneur.
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Paul Allen
See the two hedcuts of Martha Stewart from an exhibit of Wall Street Journal hedcuts and read a brief biography of her business life.
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Oprah Winfrey
As part of an exhibit of hedcuts from the Wall Street Journal is this picture of Oprah Winfrey accompanied by a brief biography emphasizing her success in business.
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Art and Architecture: Four Paintings: Rubens: Family of Jan Brueghel the Elder
Rubens's group portrail of the family of Jan Brueghel the Elder.
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Heilbrunn Zen Buddhism: Sculpture of a Zen Priest
Portrait of a Zen master, Japanese, fourteenth-fifteenth century.
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Steve Jobx
A brief discussion of Steven Job's development of Apple Computer. Included are three hedcuts of Jobs over the years from an exhibit of hedcuts in the Wall Street Journal.