Artists

» About Scott Adams
   The cartoonist who created the Dilbert comic strip tells about his own life.

   
   http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/news_and_history/html/about_scott_adams.html

» All About Art - Famous Artists
   Includes some well known artist with short biographies and a list of famous paintings for each.

   
   http://library.thinkquest.org/J001159/famart.htm

» Encarta: African American Artists
   Tells about Africans and their descendants have contributed to the visual arts, producing some of America's finest paintings, sculptures, collages, prints, and other works.

   
   http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761587467_1/African_Americans.html

» Fragonard, Jean-Honoré
   Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography abou the French painter. Includes a pronunciation key.

   
   http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0819408.html

» Frankenthaler, Helen
   Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the American painter. Includes a pronunciation key.

   
   http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0819473.html

» Gentileschi, Artemisia
   Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the Tuscan painter. Includes a pronunciation key.

   
   http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0820505.html

» Giacometti, Alberto
   Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the Swiss sculptor and painter. Includes a pronunciation key.

   
   http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0820730.html

» Giuseppe Arcimboldo
   Short biography about the Italian artist's life and paintings.

   
   http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/study/bio_arcimboldo.html

» Hiroshige
   Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the Japanese painter. Includes a pronunciation key.

   
   http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0823795.html

» Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique
   Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the French painter. Includes a pronunciation key.

   
   http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0825221.html

» Jasper Johns
   Biography of the abstract expressionist painter born in Augusta, Georgia.

   
   http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/john/hd_john.htm

» Joan Miro (1893-1983)
   Short biography for the Spanish painter, ceramist, and sculptor from Hemingway's Paris.

   
   http://records.viu.ca/~lanes/english/hemngway/miro.htm

» Josef Albers
   Short biography about the artist-teacher with a strong interest in color theory.

   
   http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/study/bio_albers.html

» Klimt, Gustav
   Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the Austrian painter. Includes a pronunciation key.

   
   http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0827898.html

» Léger, Fernand
   Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the French painter. Includes a pronunciation key.

   
   http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0829281.html

» Ma Yüan
   Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the Chinese painter. Includes a pronunciation key.

   
   http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0832368.html

» Magritte, René
   Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography abou the Belgian surrealist painter. Includes a pronunciation key.

   
   http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0831188.html

» Milev, Ivan
   Representative of Bulgarian Modernism. Biography and a gallery of works.

   
   http://www.ivan-milev.com

» Modigliani, Amedeo
   Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the Italian painter. Includes a pronunciation key.

   
   http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0833547.html

» Mondrian, Piet
   Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the Dutch painter. Includes bibliography and pronunciation key.

   
   http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0833698.html

» Moore, Henry
   Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the English sculptor.

   
   http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0833929.html

» Morisot, Berthe
   Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the French impressionist painter. Includes a pronunciation key.

   
   http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0834050.html

» Museum of Art Masters
   Read about eleven of the greatest artists of all time. Biographies researched and written by the students of Kyrene de las Brisas Elementary.

   
   http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/art/arthome.htm

» My Hero: Artists
   Short student-friendly biographies of more than two dozen painters, musicians, photographers, filmmakers, actors and designers who have shared their talents with the world.

   
   http://myhero.com/myhero/go/directory/directory.asp?dir=artist

» NGA Classroom: Calder Close-Up (1898 - 1976)
   Information about the American artist who created many works of art including paintings, jewelry, stage sets, mobiles and stabiles.

   
   http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/counting_on_art/bio_calder.shtm

» Nevelson, Louise
   Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the American sculptor.

   
   http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0835341.html

» Paolo Uccello
   A short biography of the Renaissance artist prepared by Kaleena and Meghan, Grade 8, Riverdale Junior Secondary School.

   
   http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/paolouccello.html

» Pilgrims Going to Church by George Henry Boughton
   Information about the famous painting, a short biography and activity sheet for children.

   
   http://www.gardenofpraise.com/art40.htm

» Poussin, Nicolas
   Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a brief biography about the French painter. Includes a pronunciation key.

   
   http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0839938.html

» Rauschenberg, Robert
   Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides information a short biography about the American painter. Includes a pronunciation key.

   
   http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0841216.html

» Street to Studio: The Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat
   Information about the painter and his paintings including gallery and biography. Paint and print out a painting with the virtual studio and see art created by other visitors.

   
   http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/basquiat/street-to-studio/

» The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak by Albert Bierstadt
   Information about the famous painting, a short biography and activity sheet for children.

   
   http://www.gardenofpraise.com/art35.htm

» Theodore Lukits
   Biography, image galleries, archives and articles for the California impressionist painter.

   
   http://www.theodorelukits.org

» Thomas Moran
   Consists of an illustrated article on the British landscape artist's life and work.

   
   http://www.ellensplace.net/moran.html

» Velázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y
   Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides information covering the life and works of the Spanish painter. Includes bibliography and pronunciation key.

   
   http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0850601.html

» Vuillard, Édouard
   Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the French painter and lithographer. Includes a pronunciation key.

   
   http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0851200.html

» Wyeth Center at Farnsworth Museum
   The Wyeth family has produced three generations of artists and illustrators. Brief biographies are presented here of N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945) who illustrated children's books, Andrew Wyeth (born 1917), and Jamie Wyeth (born 1946).

   
   http://www.farnsworthmuseum.org/wyeth/wyeth.html