Iconic Artists to Appreciate

(N.A. Francisco Goya. Wikipedia. WEB 2020)

(N.A. Summary of Alberto Giacometti, The Art Story. Web 2020.)

(N.A. Georgia O'Keeffe, Wikipedia. WEB 2020.)

(Huyghe, Renee. Post Impressionism, Paul Cezanne. All Art. WEB 2020.)

(N.A. Fernand Leger, Visual Arts Cork. WEB 2020.)

(N.A. Alex Grey, Google Knowledge Panel. WEB 2020.)

( N.A. Ignacio Fletes Cruz: Nicaraguan Primitivista Painter 2007, Indigo Arts Gallery. Web 2020.)

(N.A. Yayoi Kusama, Google Knowledge Panel. WEB 2020.)

For more children's art history, check out these links: https://www.ducksters.com/history/art/

https://lkmattice.wixsite.com/artclass/post/art-history-famous-multiples

https://lkmattice.wixsite.com/artclass/post/artist-intent-pictionary-grades-2-4-5

To see student art inspired by the masters, go here: https://lkmattice.wixsite.com/artclass/post/art-history-appreciation-drawings

Researching other artists' work for inspiration fulfills the following 2020 Colorado State Standards of Visual Arts:

Kindergarten, Standard 4. Relate and Connect to Transfer, Grade Level Expectation: 1. Recognize that artists and designers contribute and connect to their communities. Evidence Outcome a. Identify how and where artists and designers work.

First Grade, Standard 1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend, Grade Level Expectation:1. Investigate how visual art and design tell the many stories of people, places or things.Evidence Outcome c. Demonstrate an understanding that different communities and cultures share their own stories.

Second Grade, Standard 2. Envision and Critique to Reflect, Grade Level Expectation: 1. Share and explain choices made and possible next steps in personal works of visual art and design. Evidence Outcome b. Recognize that artists use different forms of research to inform their practice.

Third Grade, Standard 2. Envision and Critique to Reflect, Grade Level Expectation: 2. Synthesize ideas about personal works of art and imagine possible next steps. Evidence Outcome a. Demonstrate understanding of how research inspires development of ideas.

Fourth Grade, Standard 1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend, Grade Level Expectation: 1. Uncover how artistic intent can be enhanced through the use of the language of visual art and design. Evidence Outcomes a. Hypothesize the steps an artist may have used to complete a work of visual art or design b. Suggest alternative ways an artist could have communicated an idea.

Fifth Grade, Standard 1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend, Grade Level Expectation: 1. Investigate and analyze how specific points of view can be communicated through the language of visual art and design. Evidence Outcome: a. Explore connections between works of art from different cultures through time.