About Scott Adams: The cartoonist who created the Dilbert comic strip tells about his own life.
African American Artists: Profiles and examples of work by Bearden, Clark, Douglas, Hunter, Johnson, Lawrence and Tanner.
All About Art - Famous Artists: Includes some well known artist with short biographies and a list of famous paintings for each.
Encarta: African American Artists: Tells about Africans and their descendants have contributed to the visual arts, producing some of America's finest paintings, sculptures, collages, prints, and other works.
Fragonard, Jean-Honoré: Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography abou the French painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
Frankenthaler, Helen: Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the American painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
Gentileschi, Artemisia: Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the Tuscan painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
Giacometti, Alberto: Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the Swiss sculptor and painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
Giuseppe Arcimboldo: Short biography about the Italian artist's life and paintings.
Hiroshige: Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the Japanese painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique: Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the French painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
Jasper Johns: Biography of the abstract expressionist painter born in Augusta, Georgia.
Joan Miro (1893-1983): Short biography for the Spanish painter, ceramist, and sculptor from Hemingway's Paris.
Jose Albers: Biography and works from the Peggy Guggenheim Collection.
Josef Albers: Short biography about the artist-teacher with a strong interest in color theory.
Klimt, Gustav: Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the Austrian painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
Léger, Fernand: Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the French painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
Ma Yüan: Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the Chinese painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
Magritte, René: Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography abou the Belgian surrealist painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
Milev, Ivan: Representative of Bulgarian Modernism. Biography and a gallery of works.
Modigliani, Amedeo: Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the Italian painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
Mondrian, Piet: Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the Dutch painter. Includes bibliography and pronunciation key.
Moore, Henry: Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the English sculptor.
Morisot, Berthe: Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the French impressionist painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
Museum of Art Masters: Read about eleven of the greatest artists of all time. Biographies researched and written by the students of Kyrene de las Brisas Elementary.
My Hero: Artists: Short student-friendly biographies of more than two dozen painters, musicians, photographers, filmmakers, actors and designers who have shared their talents with the world.
Nevelson, Louise: Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the American sculptor.
NGA Classroom: Calder Close-Up (1898 - 1976): Information about the American artist who created many works of art including paintings, jewelry, stage sets, mobiles and stabiles.
Paolo Uccello: A short biography of the Renaissance artist prepared by Kaleena and Meghan, Grade 8, Riverdale Junior Secondary School.
Pilgrims Going to Church by George Henry Boughton: Information about the famous painting, a short biography and activity sheet for children.
Poussin, Nicolas: Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a brief biography about the French painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
Rauschenberg, Robert: Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides information a short biography about the American painter. Includes a pronunciation key.
Street to Studio: The Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat: Information about the painter and his paintings including gallery and biography. Paint and print out a painting with the virtual studio and see art created by other visitors.
The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak by Albert Bierstadt: Information about the famous painting, a short biography and activity sheet for children.
Thomas Moran: Consists of an illustrated article on the British landscape artist's life and work.
Velázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y: Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides information covering the life and works of the Spanish painter. Includes bibliography and pronunciation key.
Vuillard, Édouard: Fact Monster encyclopedia article provides a short biography about the French painter and lithographer. Includes a pronunciation key.
Wyeth Center at Farnsworth Museum: The Wyeth family has produced three generations of artists and illustrators. Brief biographies are presented here of N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945) who illustrated children's books, Andrew Wyeth (born 1917), and Jamie Wyeth (born 1946).