Pablo Picasso | Free Word Search Worksheets
May 30, 2009
Here’s a great free printable lesson resource for the elementary art classroom or homeschool art lesson.
Biography I – Wikipedia.org
Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso (25 October 1881 –8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. As one of the most recognized figures in 20th-century art, he is best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907) and Guernica (1937), his depiction of the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
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Biography II – MakingArtFun.com | Art Resources for Kids
Pablo Picasso was born on October 25,1881 in Malaga, Spain. He was the first child of Don Jose Ruiz y Blasco, an art teacher, and Maria Picasso y Lopez. At an early age Pablo showed an interest in drawing. His first words were “piz, piz”, which is short for “lapiz”, the Spanish word for pencil. At the age of 7 Pablo began receiving art instruction from his father. His father believed that an artist’s training should include copying the masters, and drawing the human body from plaster casts and live models. The precision of Pablo’s painting technique grew, until it soon surpassed that of his father.
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Word Search Worksheets
Get a free printable Pablo Picasso word search worksheet on ClassHelper.com. The puzzle includes 21 words, and best for the 5th-12th grade student. If you would like to make a simpler one, MakingArtFun.com has a word search puzzle with 9 words/phrases that accompanies a printable biography that is written just for elementary shcool kids.
Pablo Picasso Word Search on ClassHelper.com
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Pablo Picasso | Artist Biography (In a Nutshell)
May 27, 2009
Pablo Picasso (b.1881-d.1973) Spanish Modern Artist
Pablo Picasso was born in 1881 in Malaga, Spain to Don Jose Ruiz y Blasco, an art teacher, and Maria Picasso y Lopez. He is the co-founded Cubism, a technique that allowed an artist to show his subject from several different viewpoints, rather than only one. He enjoyed a prolific career in art, producing 20,000 artworks throughout his 70 year career. three of his most important works include, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907), Guernica (1937), and Three Musicians (1921). Considered a prodigy in his youth, Picasso profoundly impacted the art of the 20th century.
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Great Artist Biographies for Kids
May 26, 2009
Help your students learn to appreciate the works of famous artists with resources from GardenofPraise.com and MakingArtFun.com. Read about the great artists with a biography written at the elementary school level, and then check out the lesson ideas for the art classroom teacher and the homeschooling parent/teacher. Also find additional lessons resources such as study sheets, word search, and links to further research and art lessons and printable resources.
Great Artist Biographies
Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902 )
Pieter Bruegel, The Elder (1525-1569)
Paul Cezanne (1839-1985)
Marc Chagall (1887-1906)
Edward Degas (1834-1917)
Albrecht Durer (1471-1528)
Jan Van Eyck (1395-1441)
Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
Francisco Goya (1746-1828)
Winslow Homer (1836-1910)
Michelangelo (1475-1564)
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 – 1919)
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
Henri Rousseau (1844-1910)
Georges Seurat (1859-1891)
Jan Vermeer (1632-1675)
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519)
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Piet Mondrian (1892-1944)
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Art Masterpiece Desktop Wallpaper
May 24, 2009
Free Art Masterpiece Desktop Wallpaper
By Work
ArtWallPapers.com and MakingArtFun.com offer a the following masterworks to download to your desktop.
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet from MakingArtFun.com
Woman with a Hat by Henri Matisse from MakingArtFun.com
Three Musicians by Pablo Picasso from ArtWallPapers.com
Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh from ArtWallPapers.com
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat from ArtWallPapers.com
Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci from ArtWallPapers.com
By Artist
ArtWallPapers.com offers a large collection of free desktop wallpapers for each of the artist listed below.
Claude Monet from ArtWallPapers.com
Pablo Picasso from ArtWallPapers.com
Leonardo Da Vinci from ArtWallPapers.com
Pierre Auguste Renoir from ArtWallPapers.com
Mary Cassatt from ArtWallPapers.com
Paul Gauguin from ArtWallPapers.com
Georges Braque from ArtWallPapers.com
Grandma Moses from ArtWallPapers.com
Andy Warhol from ArtWallPapers.com
Paul Klee from ArtWallPapers.com
Henri Rousseau from ArtWallPapers.com
Norman Rockwell from ArtWallPapers.com
Andrew Wyeth from ArtWallPapers.com
Vincent van Gogh from ArtWallPapers.com
Edvard Munch from ArtWallPapers.com
Henri Matisse from ArtWallPapers.com
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