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Maria Martinez Biography
Read about Maria Martinez and her amazing life accomplishments as a Native American potter. Includes fantastic pictures of both her and her work.
Other
Abc: Abstraction
Alma Woodsey Thomas is the focus of this lesson plan that introduces learners to abstract art. Students will come to understand how the art elements can be used to express emotion and communicate ideas without including objects in the...
Merna A Forster
Heroines: Susan Aglukark
For a concise biography, this crams a lot in! There are links, as well as a CBC interview.
Merna A Forster
Heroines: Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell is one of Canada's most prolific Canadian musicians. Her life and career are profiled here, with LOTS of links for further study.
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Musee Rodin: Rodin and Camille Claudel
This article from the Musee Rodin provides a comprehensive and interesting biography of Camille Claudel's personal life woven among her many sculptures.
Jewish Museum
Jewish Museum: The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson: Constructing a Legend
A great resource for anyone studying the art of Louise Nevelson. Includes a biography, images, and video commentary about her impact on the art world.
University of Chicago
University of Chicago Press: Daring to Look: Dorothea Lange's Photographs
The University of Chicago Press offers an extended excerpt from the book "Daring to Look", by Anne Whiston Spirn. This book takes a close look at documentary photographer Dorothea Lange's career and her unpublished 1939 portfolio.
Library of Congress
Loc: Petal From the Rose Elizabeth Shippen Green
The Library of Congress offers an overview of the exhibition of illustrations by Elizabeth Shippen Green, whose work appeared in Harper's Monthly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Water Babies Jessie Willcox Smith
An exhibition of The Water-Babies illustations by Jessie Willcox Smith. Originally shown in the Swann Gallery of Caricature and Cartoon Library of Congress June through September 1999.
Martin Lawrence Galleries
Martin Lawrence Galleries: Fanny Brennan
Brennan's work is very similar to that of Rene Magritte except that she is a printmaker. She enjoys working in small scale which compliments her simplicity.
Other
Ellen's Place: Georgia O'keeffe: "The Faraway"
Georgia O'Keeffe's later career until her death in 1986. Not only includes biographical information, but also works that she did later in her life. Includes a picture of O'Keeffe. Part of a larger collection about Georgia O'Keeffe.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian: Textiles of the North American Southwest
This site explores the weaving traditions of the Native American and Hispanic peoples of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. A gallery of artifacts, timeline, map glossary, and textual descriptions are included. This is a...
Martin Lawrence Galleries
Martin Lawrence Galleries: Liudmila Kondakova
Looking at these paintings will make you feel like you took a trip to Europe! Kondakova paints realistic street scenes and storefronts in Paris. Although, you can find images from other cities.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: A Look at Judith Leyster
Young scholars 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...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Stefan Hirsch
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on Stefan Hirsch in addition to an extensive listing of his works as displayed at the museum.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Malvina Hoffman
Malvina Hoffman in is profiled at this site in a format that begins with a brief biographical sketch of her life. Her works are then listed by appearance in the museum's database. Each work is presented in thumbnail format with brief...
CGFA
Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Georgia O'keeffe
Brief biographical entry on the life of American artist, Georgia O'Keeffe. She is best known for her abstract and still-life compositions.
Other
Petrarch: Peter Sadlon: English Court Poets and Petrarchism
This is a class talk by Matthew Griffiths to his students on the topic of English court poets and Petrachism focusing on poets Wyatt, Sidney, and Spenser and their works. Topics include themes of courtly and platonic love, the role of...
Other
Ka Ni Kanichihk: Sister's Circle: Mentorship Program for Girls
Sisters Circle is a volunteer-based mentorship and empowerment program based in Winnipeg, Manitoba that is designed to help young aboriginal women.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Augusta Savage
Read interesting facts about the life of American sculptor and educator, Augusta Savage, who battled racism to secure a place for African American women in the art world.
PBS
Art21: Kiki Smith
Kiki is the daughter of American sculptor Tony Smith and began her interest in art at a young age. Her work is primarily figurative. The recurrent subject matter in Smith's work has been the body as a receptacle for knowledge, belief,...
ArtQuizz
Art Quizz: Vigee Le Brun
A quiz on the life of Vigee LeBrun, translated into English from the original French. Proof the answers before using this for the first time, as the translation isn't the best. The ArtQuizz homepage uses several different languages.
Merna A Forster
Heroines: Pauline Julien
Pauline Julien is an example of a Canadian woman who followed her dream in the arts. To find out more about her, there are lots of references and a link.