Learn all about the greats! – here are some links to further info and activities
Vincent Van Gogh – a beautiful video of his work with the music of Don McLean – https://www.facebook.com/scultoreo/videos/10154726809444657/
PABLO PICASSO
Official website
http://www.picasso.fr/us/picasso_page_index.php
Mr Picasso Head – create your own cubist portrait online
http://www.picassohead.com/create.html
Biography, paintings and quotes
http://www.pablopicasso.org/index.jsp
Hey Kids, Meet Pablo Picasso
http://makingartfun.com/htm/f-maf-art-library/pablo-picasso-biography.htm
MoMA/Kids: Pablo Picasso. Three Musicians 1921 (video)
http://www.moma.org/explore/multimedia/audios/1/6
MoMA/Kids: Pablo Picasso. Night fishing at Antibes 1939 (video)
http://www.moma.org/explore/multimedia/audios/1/1
The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Pablo Picasso/Thematic essay
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pica/hd_pica.htm
Video (You Tube) – Picasso painting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E94BFivA4tA&feature=related
HENRI MATISSE
Matisse: Life and Painting
(Guggenheim) Collection Online: Henri Matisse
The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Henri Matisse/Thematic essay
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mati/hd_mati.htm
Museum Matisse Nice
http://www.musee-matisse-nice.org/anglais/index3.html
Henri Matisse and the Fauves
http://www.nga.gov/feature/artnation/fauve/index.shtm
CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI
Tate Modern Past Exhibitions: Constantin Brancusi
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/brancusi/
(Guggenheim) Collection Online: Constantin Brancusi
http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/show-list/artist/b/?search=Constantin%20 Brancusi
Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY) – Bird in Space
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/210006973
Video (You Tube) – Brancusi’s Infinite Column
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl1LPXMHP68
MoMA The Collection/ Constantin Brancusi
http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=738
PIET MONDRIAN
Video (You Tube) – Piet Mondrian – A journey through Modern Art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fmiKOOvLUo
Video (You Tube) – Mondrian and dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Km8yTnmzTI&feature=related
Mondrian Trust
(Guggenheim) Collection Online: Piet Mondrian
MoMA/The Collection/Piet Mondrian
http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=4057
Hey Kids, Meet Piet Mondrian
http://makingartfun.com/htm/f-maf-art-library/piet-mondrian-biography.htm
MARCEL DUCHAMP
The Metropolitan Museum of Art /Marcel Duchamp/Thematic essay
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/duch/hd_duch.htm
MoMA/The Collection/Marcel Duchamp
http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=1634
(Guggenheim) Collection Online: Marcel Duchamp
http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/show-full/bio/?artist_name=Marcel%20 Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp’s work – Centre Pompidou
http://www.centrepompidou.fr/education/ressources/ens-duchamp_en/ens-duchamp_en.html
Video (You Tube) Marcel Duchamp – Anemic Cinema
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXINTf8kXCc
Video (You Tube) Marcel Duchamp – Clip from Robert Hughes’ Shock of the New http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmag4vL7hnQ
FERNAND LEGER
Video (You Tube) Ballet Mecanique
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MybdK-oR5oQ&feature=related
Britannica Online Encyclopaedia/Fernand Leger
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/334999/Fernand-Leger
MoMA/The Collection/Fernand Leger
http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=6624
(Guggenheim) Collection Online: Fernand Leger
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Woman with a Cat
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/210006638
Leger, Fernand/Les Trapezistes (Trapeze Artists)
http://artsearch.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=113595&PICTAUS=TRUE
The Object in the Art of Fernand Leger (essay)
http://www.art-newzealand.com/Issues1to40/leger.htm
JOAN MIRO
(Guggenheim) Collection Online: Joan Miro
http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/show-full/bio/?artist_name=Joan%20 Mir%C3%B3
MoMA/The Collection/Joan Miro
ttp://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=79321
The Art Story – The life, Works and Analysis of Joan Miro
http://www.theartstory.org/artist-miro-joan.htm
The Joan Miro Foundation
http://fundaciomiro-bcn.org/?idioma=2
LOUISE BOURGEOIS
Louise Bourgeois… Dies at 98 (NY Times report)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/arts/design/01bourgeois.html?pagewanted=all
Louise Bourgeois – Centre Pompidou
http://www.centrepompidou.fr/education/ressources//ens-bourgeois-en//ens-bourgeois-en.html
Tate Modern/Past Exhibitions/Louise Bourgeois
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/louisebourgeois/default.shtm
Louise Bourgeois Obituary/Art and Design/The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/may/31/louise-bourgeois-obituary-art
Video (You Tube) Louise Bourgeois – The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMdWNwOWnng
Guggenheim Museum – Exhibitions – Louise Bourgeois: A Life in Pictures
http://pastexhibitions.guggenheim.org/sackler_louise/index.html
Video (You Tube) Louise Bourgeois (Tate Modern)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1Ys9J7aJz4
Louise Bourgeois Dies at 98 (LA Times report)
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/01/local/la-me-bourgeois-20100601
MoMA/The Collection/Louise Bourgeois
http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=710
ALEXANDER CALDER
Calder Foundation
(Guggenheim) Collection Online: Alexander Calder
Video (You Tube) Alexander Calder performs his “circus”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6jwnu8Izy0
Video (You Tube) Meditation on mobiles by Alexander Calder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eHjCd031II&feature=related
Alexander Calder – Gagosian Gallery
http://www.gagosian.com/artists/alexander-calder/
The Art Story: Artist – Alexander Calder
http://www.theartstory.org/artist-calder-alexander.htm
MoMA/The Collection/Alexander Calder
http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=922
JACKSON POLLOCK
jackson pollock style painting activity
https://wbx-files.s3.amazonaws.com/jacksonpollock_by_miltos_manetas.swf
Welcome to Jackson Pollock
http://www.jacksonpollock.com/
NGA: Jackson Pollock Web Feature
http://www.nga.gov/feature/pollock/
MoMA/The Collection/Jackson Pollock
http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=4675
Jackson Pollock News – The New York Times
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/p/jackson_pollock/index.html
Video (You Tube) Pollock Painting (1950)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bICqvmKL5s
Video (You Tube) Jackson Pollock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3coyrjQW8aA
Pollock Krasner House and Study Centre
http://sb.cc.stonybrook.edu/pkhouse/
(Guggenheim) Collection Online: Jackson Pollock
http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/show-full/bio/?artist_name=Jackson%20 Pollock
Tate Collection/Jackson Pollock
http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=1785&page=1
GIORGIO DE CHIRICO
MoMA/The Collection/Giorgio De Chirico
http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=1106
Britannica Online Encyclopaedia/Giorgio De Chirico
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/153384/Giorgio-de-Chirico
Video (You Tube) Giorgio De Chirico
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3GjVlnQm1A
Video (You Tube) Giorgio De Chirico (trailer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvidAtH9_Ec
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Ariadne
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/210006955
(Guggenheim) Collection Online: Giorgio De Chirico
http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/show-full/piece/?search=The%20Red%20Tow er&page=&f=Title&object=76.2553.64
ROMARE BEARDEN
The Romare Bearden foundation
http://www.beardenfoundation.org/index2.shtml
National Gallery of Art – Romare Bearden
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/beardeninfo.shtm
Video (You Tube) Romare Bearden’s Southern Sensibility
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFXKqQ5sQFk
Video (You Tube) Get to Know Romare Bearden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu6n86wPMNE&feature=related
Video (You Tube) Romare Bearden – the train motif and musical influence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4W_ZI4BoZ4&feature=related
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Romare Bearden – Let’s walk the Block
http://www.metmuseum.org/metmedia/interactives/art-trek/romare-bearden-lets-walk-the-block
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Romare Bearden
http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2011/romare-bearden-centennial
JASPER JOHNS
Jasper Johns
The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Jasper Johns/thematic essay http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/john/ hd_john.htm
MoMA Interactives/Exhibitions/1996/Jasper Johns
http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/1996/johns/index.html
National Gallery of Art – Perilous Night by Jasper Johns
http://www.nga.gov/feature/artnation/johns/index.shtm
Jasper Johns – his paintings, quotes, biography
Video (You Tube) Get to Know Jasper Johns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L65hAaZm2-s&feature=related
Video (You Tube) Thank you Jasper Johns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9afCiANr3pA&feature=related
Jasper Johns News – The New York Times
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/j/jasper_johns/index.html
ANDY WARHOL
The Warhol Museum
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
http://www.warholfoundation.org/
Andy Warhol Famous Artists My Kids Art
http://mykidsart.com.au/Andy_Warhol_Famous_Artists_My_Kids_Art.html
MoMA/The Collection/Andy Warhol
http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=79809
MoMA/The Collection/Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans
http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=7980
Video (You Tube) Andy Warhol Tribute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VII2-LnxvR4
Video (You Tube) Interview with Andy Warhol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deRMRh8Zjgg&feature=related