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| Art and Artists |
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| Try your hand at re-coloring some Dutch art at this site developed just for kids. Artists Hals, Vermeer, Van Gough, Mondrian and Leyster each have paintings to learn about. You can color a famous piece of their artwork on-line or print a black and white outline copy of it. You will also get a brief introduction to the artists and the work of art. |
| Topic: Art, Dutch; Artists; Dutch art; Dutch painting; Painting, Dutch |
| URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/artists/holland.shtml |
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| Worcester Art Museum- Collective Images: The Sketchbooks of John Steuart CUrry |
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| Information about the sketchbooks of American Regionalist artist John Steuart Curry are presented on this web site, which emphasizes the importance of the sketchbook in the development of an emerging artist's career. A brief summary of Curry's childhood and artistic career is included, along with some details about the various media Curry used in his work. Information about how the collection came to the Worcester Art Museum is offered, along with some images from Curry's sketchbooks. |
| Topic: American artists--Biography; Artists; Notebooks |
| URL: http://www.worcesterart.org/Exhibitions/Past/curry.html |
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| The Art of Leon Engelen Oil Paintings |
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| Leon Engelen is an artist that works to create oil paintings, using detailed landscape and animals as many of the subjects. This site gives an overview of the paintings that Engelen creates. There is a virtual gallery, to see many of the different pieces. You can learn biographical information about Leon Engelen, take a virtual painting course, and click onto other links to further information about paintings, prints and real life expositions. The site is also offered in Dutch. |
| Topic: Artists; Painting |
| URL: http://www.engelen.com/ |
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| Seraphim Editions |
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| The Canadian book publisher Seraphim Editions sponsors this web site about artist, author and illustrator Aino Anto. Along with a black and white photograph of her, the text describes her early interest in illustrating, her educational background and her work today. Her first published book is included. The link to her homepage found at the bottom reveals numerous images of her work both in children's literature and elsewhere. It is worth the wait for the images to show. |
| Topic: Artists; Artists--Canada; Authors, Canadian; Canadian authors; Illustrators--Canada |
| URL: http://www.seraphimeditions.com/aino.html |