INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS
CHIM: The Photographs of David Seymour ('H')
Provides a chronology of David Seymour's life complete with
commentary and photographs. Offers photos of Spain in 1936, Germany
after World War II, CHIM's work for UNICEF, 1950s Italy, Portraits,
and photos of Greece and Israel in the 1950s.
www.icp.org/chim/chim2.html
Gordon Huff ('H')
Golden Gate International Exposition and its architecture and art.
Sculptures.
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/archives/abouthuff.html
18th Century French Enlightenment Painters ('H')
One hundred selected individual painters indexed alphabetically,
chronologically and by artist's place of origin. Paintings selected
from 18 national museums throughout France. Organized by the French
Ministry of Culture and INRIA.
mistral.culture.fr/lumiere/documents/files/peintres.html
Pablo Picasso: Minotaur or Man? ('H')
Contains a number of interdisciplinary lessons tying into the life
and work of Pablo Picasso. One particularly interesting section
challenges students to objectively weigh the pro and con arguments
for the authenticity of a painting sometimes attributed to Picasso,
popularly known as the "Black Painting."
library.thinkquest.org/50091/hope/data/picasso/index.htm?tqskip=1
Jackson Pollock ('H')
This National Gallery of Art feature takes an interesting look at
the famous "drip" artist.
www.nga.gov/feature/pollock/pollockhome.html
The Rodin Museum ('H')
The Rodin Museum is part of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Site
includes a look at efforts to preserve Philadelphia's version of
The Thinker.
Virtual reality views of the Rodin galleries:
www.rodinmuseum.org/about.html
WebMuseum, Paris ('H')
Alphabetical listing of painters links to their works and short
biographies. The gamut represented runs from impressionism to
photo-realism.
sunsite.unc.edu/louvre/paint/auth/
Weegee's World: Life, Death, and the Human Drama ('H')
Weegee (Arthur Fellig) was a newspaper photographer in New York in
the 1930s-1950s. This site offers photos with artist's commentary,
real audio clips of the artist explaining his work and a chronology
of Weegee's life.
www.icp.org/weegee/index.html
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