Art

 

Aardman

Find out about the animators of Wallace & Gromit. Key stages 3 and 4.
Access Art
An evolving collection of online workshops and arts educational activities. For teachers, educators and artists - provides easy access to contemporary issues in visual arts education and an exchange of information and ideas. A fun, creative learning tool for all key stages.
African American Artists
Information on African American artists.
African Art
African art including shona stone sculpture from Zimbabwe.
Ancient Egyptian Art
Covers the full spectrum of Egyptian civilization, from the earliest Predynastic times, to the period of Roman domination.
Art Guide
Comprehensive guide to the art collections of Great Britain and Ireland. Search by artist, museum, or region. Suitable for Key Stage 3, 4 and advanced level.
Art History Network
Art History Network is a one-stop resource for art history, archaeology and architecture on the web. Includes artists, civilisations, historical eras, images and virtual tours. Suitable for Key Stages 3, 4 and advanced level.
Art Icons
Art Icons is a valuable reference for artists, students and art collectors interested in the Masters of Art and their works.
Arts Curriculum Schemes of Work
This site contains information, links, book recommendations, events and other useful websites for the particular art units. Suitable for Key Stage 3, 4 and advanced level.
ArtsWire (New York Foundation for the Arts)
Online communication for the arts; weekly news updates for the art world.
Australian National University
150,000 images of art and architecture mainly from the Mediterranean Basin. Of interest to Key Stages 3, 4 and advanced level.
BAS - Artists and Writers Programme
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the primary organisation responsible for undertaking the UK`s scientific research in Antarctica, offers an Artists and Writers Programme, giving scholars in the Arts and Humanities the opportunity to visit and undertake a project in the southern continent. Suitable for Key Stage 3, 4, and advanced level.
Cezanne
"All things, particularly in art, are theory developed and applied in contact with nature. Painting is not only to copy the object, it is to seize a harmony between numerous relations." Paul Cézanne.
Clip Art Gallery
Makes it easy to add graphics to your next project, whether it’s for home or school. Choose from hundreds of original clip art pieces, including animations. Suitable for Key Stage 2, 3 and 4.
Constable (John)
John Constable was born at East Bergholt in Suffolk, the fourth of six children. In 1796 he went to London on an apprenticeship and met John Thomas Smith who used some of Constable's early pictures for his book, Remarks on Rural Scenery. His early inspiration came from Gainsborough and particularly his East Anglian period. In 1799 he joined the Royal Academy and later set up a studio in East Bergholt.
Da Vinci (Leonardo)
Leonardo da Vinci was born in Anchiano near Vinci. His talents blossomed early and he entered the Florentine workshop of Andrea del Verrochio in 1469. Three years later he joined the painters' guild of St. Luke in Florence after an apprenticeship with Verrochio. Numerous provisional drawings exist from this period and it was already clear that Leonardo showed enormous skill. In 1482 he moved to Milan where he stayed until 1499(leaving because of the French invasion).
Dali (Salvador)
"I'll be a genius... Perhaps I'll be despised and misunderstood, but I'll be a genius, a great genius." Salvador Dalí.
Degas (Edgar)
"Even when working from nature, one has to compose. No art was ever less spontaneous than mine." Edgar Degas.
Escher (Maurits)
"Good cannot exist without evil, and if one accepts the notion of God then, on the other hand, one must postulate a devil likewise. This is balance. This duality is my life... [I]t really is very simple: white and black, day and night - the graphic artist lives on these." M.C. Escher.
Explore and Learn
Explore new ways to see art and visit the Museum: Carpet Hunt, FAQs for Kids, and more. Suitable for Key Stage 3 and 4.
Gauguin (Paul)
"I am a great artist and I know it. It is because I am that I have endured such suffering." Paul Gauguin.
Henri Matisse
Gallery and more on the artist.
Hockney (David)
"Style is something you can use, and you can be like a magpie, just taking what you want. The idea of the rigid style seemed to me then something you needn't concern yourself with, it would trap you." David Hockney.
Inside Art
Interesting site with lots of educational resources and ideas for teachers. Suitable for Key Stage 3 and 4.
Kahlo (Frida)
"In the whole history of art, Frida is the only example of a painter virtually tearing her breast and heart open in order to express the feelings in them and tell the biological truth." Diego Rivera.
Kandinsky (Wassily)
"Technically, every work of art comes into being in the same way as the cosmos - by means of catastrophes, which ultimately create out of the cacophony of the various instruments that symphony we call the music of the spheres. The creation of the work of art is the creation of the world." Wassily Kandinsky.
Klee (Paul)
The birth of Paul Klee near Berne came soon after the rise of the Impressionist movement in France. Klee's father and mother were both musicians. As a boy, Klee loved to listen to his grandmother's fairy tales, many of which she illustrated herself. At school, languages, literature, poetry, music and drawing were all that interested him and he hesitated over the choice of career - poet, musician or illustrator?
Klimt (Gustav)
"The water-lily grows by the lake. It is in bloom. The yearning for a handsome man is in her soul." Gustav Klimt.
Lautrec (Henri De Toulouse)
"[He] painted no landscapes, no religious pictures, no abstract conceptions. All his subjects, except for a few representations of animals, were real people whose lives were an integral part of his own life." Gerstle Mack, from Toulouse-Lautrec (1938).
Learn to Paint
A creative resource offering step-by-step instructions for getting started with water colour, oils or acrylics. Much instruction and experience is supplied for Key Stage 3 and 4, advanced and higher levels.
Leonardo`s Workshop
Dr. N. Ventor, scientist-extraordinaire and inventor of a time machine, is also a big fan of Leonardo da Vinci. To thank you and your friend Carmine Chameleon for testing her time machine, she is showing you her collection of Leonardo`s works. Unusual site - interesting activities for Key Stage 3 and 4.
Mackintosh (Charles Rennie)
"The architect must become an art worker... the art worker must become an architect... the draughtsman of the future must be an artist..." Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Manet (Edouard)
Manet was the son of a department chief in the Ministry of Justice. He went to school in Poiloup in 1839, then to the Collège Rollin in 1842 to study drawing. After two years with the navy, Manet entered the studio of Thomas Couture in 1850 where he remained for six years. It is during this time that he studied the Old Masters at the Louvre including Velásquez and Ribera. He also made trips to many museums throughout Europe.
Matisse
Henri Matisse is often regarded as the most important French painter of the 20th century. The leader of the Fauvist movement around 1900, Matisse pursued the expressiveness of colour throughout his career. His subjects were largely domestic or figurative, and a distinct Mediterranean verve presides in the treatment.
Michelangelo
A painter, on panel and in fresco, a sculptor, architect and poet, Michelangelo Buonarroti was the first artist recognised by contemporaries as a genius. He is a central figure in the history of art, one of the chief creators of the Roman High Renaissance, and the supreme representative of the Florentine valuation of disegno.
Monet (Claude)
Claude Monet grew up in Le Havre. He excelled at caricatures to begin with but Boudin, an early mentor, persuaded him to take up landscape painting. In 1859 he attended the Academie Suisse in Paris where he befriended Pissarro. Following two years' military service he continued his training with Jongkind, followed by time spent in the studio of Gleyre in 1862. At this time he met Renoir, Sisley and Bazille, all of whom were to become core members of the Impressionist movement.
Munch (Edvard)
"People's souls are like planets. Like a star that rises from the darkness - and meets another star - only to disappear again into darkness - it is the same when a man and woman meet - drift apart - light up in love - burn up - and disappear each in their own direction..." Edvard Munch.
Museums Around the World
An eclectic collection of World Wide Web services connected with museums around the world. Suitable for Key Stage 4 and advanced level.
NSEAD - National Society for Education in Art & Design
If you teach art, craft or design in primary or secondary schools, or in further or higher education, this site is for you. Gallery educators, artists in residence, parents and all those with an interest in arts education will find much that is useful. Suitable for Key Stage 3, 4 and advanced level.
Raphael
Raphael was born in Urbino. His father was highly influential on his son's painting but after his death when Raphael was only 11, Pietro Perrugino probably became his biggest influence. Raphael worked in Tuscany and Umbria and was an independent artist by 1500. One of his first major commissions was the 'Coronation of St. Nicholas of Tolentino' (1500-1501) for S. Agostino, Città di Castello.
RCA Sculpture School
Royal College of Art - Sculpture School. Details of the course, tutors and examples of work done by past students.
Rembrandt (Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn)
Renoir (Pierre-Auguste)
Renoir was born in Limoges to his father Léonard, a tailor and mother, Marguerite, an ex-seamstress. In 1845 he moved to Paris and in 1854 he found work as a painter in a porcelain factory where he remained for four years. During lunch hours he would rush to the Louvre to copy great works of art, particularly the Rococo masters who were to influence him immensely. In 1862 at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Renoir entered the studio of Gleyre and there met Monet, Sisley and Bazille, who were to become the leading Impressionists. The character of Impressionism emerged from the paintings of Monet and Renoir between 1867 and 1870.
Rodin (Auguste)
Rodin was a Parisian born to a working class family. Despite their lack of resources, the children were raised and educated well. Early on, Rodin showed a talent for drawing and mathematics in the Rue de l'Ecole de Médecine. Excelling there he was encouraged to apply to the Ecole des Beaux Arts but was rejected three times. He supported himself working as an ornamental mason. Then aged 23 his sister died and, overwhelmed with grief, entered the monastery of the Eudistes in the Faubourg St. Jacques. After six months he returned home and soon after met Rose Beuret who was to remain his partner for life.
Royal Academy of Art - Education
The RA Education provides support for teachers and other education professionals in a number of ways. An excellent resource. Suitable for Key Stage 3, 4, advanced level and higher levels.
Tate Galleries
The official Tate Gallery website includes collections and information relating to Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool, Tate St Ives and Tate Connections. Suitable for Key Stage 3, 4, advanced level and higher levels.
Tesoro Gallery
Biographies and selected works of Morisot, Jongkind, Cassatt, Sisley, Lautrec, Callebotte, Matisse, Deraine and Signac. Suitable for Key Stage 3, 4 and advanced level.
The Arts Council of England
Developing, sustaining and promoting the arts in England. Suitable for Key Stage 3, 4, advanced level and higher levels.
The Great Buildings Collection
This gateway to architecture around the world and across history documents a thousand buildings and hundreds of leading architects, with 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies, web links, and more, for famous designers and structures of all kinds. Suitable for Key Stage 4 and advanced level.
The Internet Art Database
An interactive database venue allowing collectors to find art from over 3,000 participating websites. Interesting place for seeing how it`s done. Suitable for Key Stage 3, 4 and advanced level.
The Louvre Museum
The official site of the Louvre, history, collections, virtual tour, exhibitions and lots of information. Suitable for Key Stage 3, 4 and advanced level.
The National Gallery
Information on art history, artists, current exhibitions, new acquisitions, etc of the British national collection of art. The collection spans the period from about 1260 to 1900 of Western European paintings. View old masters on exhibition at the National Gallery or the Tate Gallery. Suitable for Key Stage 2, 3, 4 and advanced level.
The Royal Academy of Arts
The collection, exhibitions diary, search facility, R A Schools, and lots more. Suitable for Key Stage 2, 3, 4 and advanced level.
Tour of the Sistine Chapel
Includes a wonderful collection of pages of the amazing art in the Sistine chapel. Excellent site. Suitable for Key Stage 3, 4 and advanced level.
Van Gogh (Vincent)
"I am a man of passions, capable of and subject to doing more or less foolish things, which I happen to repent more or less afterwards... But the problem is to try every means to put those selfsame passions to good use... In the surroundings of pictures and works of art, you know how I had a violent passion for them, reaching the highest pitch of enthusiasm." Vincent van Gogh.
Warhol (Andy)
Andy Warhol was born in Pittsburgh to Czechoslovakian immigrant parents. He studied painting and design at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh before settling in New York in 1950. He achieved enormous success as a commercial artist, specialising in shoe advertisements, winning the prestigious Art Directors' Club Medal twice in 1952 and 1957.