Artists Biography People and Society

This category lists sites that provide biographies and autobiographies of well-known and historically significant artists. All sites are suitable for children and teens to read and use for enjoyment or for schoolwork. Biographies may be brief and sites may have several, perhaps connected by occupation, but the information contained should have the basic details, e.g., birth and death dates, some details of the life lived, major accomplishments, and so forth.

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• 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.
  
• Rauschenberg, Robert - Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides information a short biography about the American painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
  
• Frankenthaler, Helen - Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the American painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
  
• 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.
  
• Nevelson, Louise - Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the American sculptor.
  
• Vuillard, Édouard - Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the French painter and lithographer. Includes a pronunciation key.
  
• Poussin, Nicolas - Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a brief biography about the French painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
  
• Fragonard, Jean-Honoré - Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography abou the French painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
  
• Magritte, René - Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography abou the Belgian surrealist painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
  
• 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.
  
• Thomas Moran - Consists of an illustrated article on the British landscape artist's life and work.
  
• Ma Yüan - Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the Chinese painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
  
• All About Art - Famous Artists - Includes some well known artist with short biographies and a list of famous paintings for each.
  
• 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.
  
• Paolo Uccello - A short biography of the Renaissance artist prepared by Kaleena and Meghan, Grade 8, Riverdale Junior Secondary School.
  
• 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.
  
• Hiroshige - Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the Japanese painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
  
• Moore, Henry - Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the English sculptor.
  
• 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.
  
• 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).
  
• Milev, Ivan - Representative of Bulgarian Modernism. Biography and a gallery of works.
  
• Mondrian, Piet - Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the Dutch painter. Includes bibliography and pronunciation key.
  
• The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak by Albert Bierstadt - Information about the famous painting, a short biography and activity sheet for children.
  
• Gentileschi, Artemisia - Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the Tuscan painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
  
• Morisot, Berthe - Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the French impressionist painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
  
• Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique - Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the French painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
  
• Jasper Johns - Biography of the abstract expressionist painter born in Augusta, Georgia.
  
• Léger, Fernand - Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the French painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
  
• Theodore Lukits - Biography, image galleries, archives and articles for the California impressionist painter.
  
• Giacometti, Alberto - Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the Swiss sculptor and painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
  
• Giuseppe Arcimboldo - Short biography about the Italian artist's life and paintings.
  
• Josef Albers - Short biography about the artist-teacher with a strong interest in color theory.
  
• Pilgrims Going to Church by George Henry Boughton - Information about the famous painting, a short biography and activity sheet for children.
  
• Klimt, Gustav - Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the Austrian painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
  
• Modigliani, Amedeo - Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the Italian painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
  
• Joan Miro (1893-1983) - Short biography for the Spanish painter, ceramist, and sculptor from Hemingway's Paris.
  
  

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