Pop Art

You know I have done quite a few entries on POP ART and my 5th graders will be starting POP ART when we begin art in 2012. I like to do a different POP ART project in each class so we have a variety for the school to view. This presentation is a great introduction.

Pop Art

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Henri Matisse

The artist I have chosen for this December is Henri Matisse.

His full name was Henri Emile Benoît Matisse. He was born on December 31st, 1869 in the town of Le Cateau-Cambrésis in northern France.
He went to Paris to study law in 1887.

When Matisse suffered appendicitis in 1889, his mother bought him some art supplies. He was hooked on art. His father was not happy that Matisse gave up practicing law to become an artist.



In 1891 he moved to Paris to study art.

Matisse’s paintings were expressive and really emphasized colors and shapes. He is associated with Fauvism.

Matisse made paintings, prints, sculptures, drawings, and collages.




In the 1940's Matisse suffered major health issues and began to “paint with scissors.”

He created large cut paper collages. He called this new technique "painting with scissors."


These cut paper collages continued to use bright colors and shapes.



He died at the age of 84 in 1954.




If you are interested in learning about Matisse and his art, please click on the link from the Baltimore Museum of Art at the bottom of this information (Click on the artist's name).




You will need Flash on your computer to run this interactive bio.
It is a lot of fun and you will meet a dog who will help you understand what to do.
Henri Matisse

Wayne Thiebaud

Wayne Thiebaud is a living American painter who was born on November 15, 1920. He was born in Arizona. His family moved to California soon after his birth.



I chose him for our November artist because he is associated with Pop Art and we study this art period this year. His pies and desserts only represent a part of his work, but those are what most of us remember first.



During the summer months while he was in high school, he worked for Walt Disney Pictures at Walt Disney Studio. He made $14 a week. He worked as a cartoonist for several years, even while he was in the Army Air Force during WWII.



He graduated from college and began working as an art professor. He has taught students in college ever since. I guess his art work just makes me feel good and sometimes makes me feel hungry. Take a look at some of his art work of objects found in cafeterias and diners, such as pies, cupcakes and pastries. Do they make you feel good?











Below is a link to a video on YouTube about Wayne Thiebaud.
If you are interested in learning more about him, just highlight it and open link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI_QJ5D9Qm8&noredirect=1

Art Education

I found this poster by Jeremy Deller, Scott King and William Morris that I really like.
It pretty much sums up my feelings about art, education and freedom.



I also found this video about Art Education:

Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Fox Lichtenstein is our artist for October. Since we study Pop Art I wanted to add another artist from that period.



Roy was born on October 27, 1923 in Manhattan, NY. He is an American painter, sculptor and printmaker. He attended public and private schools and went to Ohio State University. His education was interrupted by WWII. He was in the U.S. Army for three years. After the war, he went back to Ohio State and finished his degree (BFA) in 1946.



He is best known for his comic strip subject matter.
He was a big part of the American Pop Art movement.

His industrial paintings and comic book cartoons made him famous.



Two such paintings are BLAM, painted in 1962 and HAPPY TEARS, painted in 1964.
HAPPY TEARS sold for $7.1 million in 2002 to a private collector.



Roy Lichtenstein passed away on September 29, 1997 at the age of 73.

If you would like to make a Pop Art composition like Roy Lichtenstein highlight the URL below, open link and follow the instructions.

http://artsmarts4kids.blogspot.com/2008/09/create-your-own-roy-lichtenstein.html

Jacob Lawrence

Jacob Lawrence was an African American painter born in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 7, 1917.
When his parents split, his mom moved he and his siblings to Harlem, in New York City. Jacob was 13.
He loved the shapes and colors of Harlem.

I picked him for our artist this month because I love the colors and shapes in his paintings. Look at the ones I put here and see if you don’t agree that they have vibrant colors. The first one is called "The Ironers."


Jacob Lawrence studied art in Harlem and painted the history and struggles of African Americans.
He was part of a movement called the Harlem Renaissance.
This was a cultural movement during the 1920s and 1930s.
Creative expression was a major part of this movement.

Here is a painting he did in 1967 entitled "Dream Series #5: The Library."






He was a painter and a teacher.



Here is a self portrait painted in 1977.
















Below is "Munich Olympic Games 1971."






Here are two sites where you can learn more about the art of Jacob Lawrence.
The Whitney Museum of Art

If you want to explore his Migrations Series, click on the link below.
The Migration Series
This was a collection of paintings depicting the black movement from the south to the north.

Jacob Lawrence was a storyteller. He painted important periods in African American history. He died June 9, 2000 at the age of 82.

George Wesley Bellows

I chose George Bellows as our August artist because I like his painting style and especially his paintings of fighters.







"Dempsey and Firpo"

George Bellows was an American realist painter often of urban life. Realism means it looks exactly as it appears. He was born on August 19, 1882 (and raised) in Columbus, Ohio.

He loved baseball and art. He played college baseball at Ohio State (1901-1904). He was a talented ball player but loved art. Right before he was about to graduate from college, he moved to New York City to study art there.



"A Stag at Sharkey's"

He became involved with the Ashcan School which was a group of artists who advocated painting contemporary American society in all its forms. Contemporary means living or occurring at the same time.

Unfortunately he died at age 42 in New York City from acute appendicitis. He leaves behind a collection of paintings that have a distinct style.



"Both Members of This Club" (1909)

Do you think you could paint some action figures or a landscape that you know? Maybe it would be soccer players, or swimmers or a favorite place you like to visit. Your ideas and imagination can take you wherever you want to be.



"The Picket Fence"