ArtMasters Links
Wildwood's ArtMasters Program connects our students to the world of art by
combining biographical information about artists and their worlds with
exploration of their styles, techniques, and media.
You and your child can learn more about the artists we study in this program
by clicking on these links. Many of them take you to child-friendly sites
that were created by museums when they mounted exhibitions of each artist's
work.
Internet Links
Jacob Lawrence - Visit this wonderful site from the
Whitney Museum of American Art.
http://whitney.org/jacoblawrence/
Jacob Lawrence - Visit this site from the Phillips
Collection in Washington, D.C. It was developed in conjuction
with their exhibition, Over the Line: The Art and Life of
Jacob Lawrence.
http://www.phillipscollection.org/lawrence/
Vincent van Gogh - Try this fun art history game featuring
the life and works of Vincent van Gogh.
http://www.eduweb.com/insideart/index.html
Portraits If your child has been enjoying ArtMasters at
Wildwood, you may love to explore this website together. It's
part game, part teaching tool, and reinforces many of the lessons
and artists covered in our ArtMasters' series.
http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/play/portrait1/portrait1.html
Leonardo da Vinci Explore the life and work of this
amazing man by going back in a time machine to take a virtual
tour of his home and workshop.
http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/play/leonardo/index.html
Claude Monet Learn more about this artist and his work
with this gallery guide for kids from the National Gallery of Art.
http://www.nga.gov/kids/scoop-monet-sp07.pdf
Georgia O'Keefe Learn more about this artist and her work
with this gallery guide for kids from the National Gallery of Art.
http://www.nga.gov/kids/scoop-okeeffe.pdf
Winslow Homer Learn more about this artist and his work
with thisgallery guide for kids from the National Gallery of Art.
http://www.nga.gov/kids/homerscoop.pdf
Winslow Homer Want to see more of his works? Click below
to visit the online guide to the National Gallery of Art's 2005-
2006 Homer Exhibition.
http://www.nga.gov/feature/homer/index.htm
Rembrandt Want to know more about this Dutch artist?
Click below to view a special gallery guide for kids from the
National Gallery of Art.
http://www.nga.gov/kids/rembrandt-is.pdf
Edgar Degas Learn more about this artist with this gallery
guide for kids from the National Gallery of Art.
http://www.nga.gov/kids/scoop-degas.pdf
Georges Seurat Learn more about this artist, solve a "La
Grande Jatte" jigsaw puzzle, do a crossword or a wordsearch, and
explore many other activities on this website.
(Note: This webpage is on the "Garden of Praise"
website. "Garden of Praise" provides free educational materials,
some of which are Bible-related. The Art Appreciation pages
contain no religious lesson material, with the obvious
exception of discussion of artists whose works were religious in
nature: Michelangelo, da Vinci, Raphael, etc.)
http://gardenofpraise.com/art32.htm
Here is a WONDERFUL link to the Getty Museum's children's
homepage.
http://www.getty.edu/education/kids_families/do_at_home/index.html
Other Resources