Required

Item #1 - An image of your artist

Find an image of your artist and cite the website you found the image at the bottom of your poster.

Item #2 - A short biography of your artist

Include a short biography of the artist you chose. See examples of things to include in your biography on the second page of this document. Be sure to use your own words when writing your biography. Copy and paste will not be tolerated and is considered plagiarism. Site the website you used as a resource at the bottom of your poster.

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Item Option #3 - Recreate something the artist has made

Choose a work of art that your artist has made and recreate it in a creative way! You can draw, paint, sculpt, and even use clothing to create art! You do not have to use the same material that your artist uses. If you chose a sculptor, you can do a drawing of one of their sculptures. If you chose a painting, you can do a drawing of the painting.

Item Option #4 - Create a new work of art in the style of your artist

Create something entirely new while using the technique or style of your artist. Choose your own topic or idea and create a drawing, painting, collage or sculpture.

Remote Learning Art

7-8th Grade Mrs. Furlong Dates: 4/27-5/8

Famous Artist Poster

Using the list of 144 famous artists, research a few and then choose one who’s work you really enjoyed. You will create a poster for this artist that MUST include “Item #1” and “Item #2”. You will then choose between “Item #3” and “Item #4” - doing only one of them. You are welcome to do both #3 and #4 but it is not required.

You can create your poster digitally, with drawing, or both. For an example of both, you can make your poster using a Word document and insert a photo of a drawing you did. You do not need poster paper to complete this project

James Ward Elementary

Remote Learning Art

Resources and Examples

Biographical Info: 1. Place/date of birth: 2. Place/date of death: 3. Primary type of artwork (ex: painting? Drawing? Sculpture? Printmaking? Ceramics) 4. Media (what materials are use?): 5. Style or period of art? 6. Short definition of that style or period (see Artlex or Artcyclopedia): 7. Interesting/Personal information on the artist 8. Three other artists who work in this style (from the time period of the artist - or

contemporary artists working in this same style). How is the work similar? How is the work different?

9. Favorite Quote:

Keep in mind the Principles of Design!

When designing your poster, where you place things matters! Some commonly used principles when making a poster include contrast, proportion, repetition, emphasis, and balance. Keep these in mind when you are placing all of your information and images together, digitally or handmade.

1. Ai Weiwei 2. Albrecht Durer 3. Alexander Calder 4. Alfred Stieglitz 5. Alice Neel 6. Allora & Calzadilla 7. Alma Thomas 8. Amedeo Modigliani 9. Ana Mendieta 10. Andreas Gursky 11. Andrew Wyeth 12. Andy Warhol 13. Annie Leibovitz 14. Antoni Gaudí 15. Artemisia Gentileschi 16. Banksy 17. Barbara Kruger 18. Bernard Leach 19. Betye Saar 20. Bridget Riley 21. Cai Guo-Qiang 22. Carrie Mae Weems 23. Christo and Jeanne- Claude 24. Chuck Close 25. Cindy Sherman 26. Claude Monet 27. Constantin Brancusi 28. Cy Twombly 29. Damien Hirst 30. Daniel Rhodes 31. Deborah Butterfield 32. Diego Rivera 33. Donatello 34. Dorothea Lange 35. Edvard Munch 36. Edward Hopper 37. Elaine de Kooning 38. Elizabeth Catlett 39. Elizabeth Murray 40. Ellsworth Kelly 41. Faith Ringgold 42. Frank Lloyd Wright

43. Frank Stella 44. Franz Marc 45. Frida Kahlo 46. Gabriel Orozco 47. Georges Braque 48. Georges Seurat 49. Georgia O’Keeffe 50. Gerhard Richter 51. Giuseppe Arcimboldo 52. Glenn Ligon 53. Goya 54. Grandma Moses 55. Grant Wood 56. Gustav Klimt 57. Hannah Hoch 58. Helen Frankenthaler 59. Henri Matisse 60. Henri de Toulouse- Lautrec 61. Hokusai 62. Jackson Pollock 63. Jacob Lawrence 64. Jacques-Louis David 65. James Rosenquist 66. Jan Vermeer 67. Jasper Johns 68. Jaune Quick-to-See- Smith 69. Jean Arp 70. Jean Dubuffet 71. Jean-Michel Basquiat 72. Jesús Rafael Soto 73. Jim Dine 74. Joan Miró 75. Joan Mitchell 76. John Baldessari 77. José Clemente Orozco 78. Joseph Stella 79. Joshua Johnson 80. Judith Leyster 81. Judy Chicago 82. Kara Walker 83. Käthe Kollwitz 84. Kehinde Wiley

85. Keith Haring 86. Kent Bellows 87. Lee Krasner 88. Leonardo da Vinci 89. Lorna Simpson 90. Louise Bourgeois 91. Louise Nevelson 92. Magdalena Abakanowicz 93. Man Ray 94. Marc Chagall 95. Marcel Duchamp 96. Maria Martinez 97. Marina Abramović 98. Marisol Escobar 99. Mark Rothko 100. Mary Cassatt 101. Max Ernst 102. Maya Lin 103. M.C. Escher 104. Michelangelo 105. Nikki St De Phalle 106. Norman Rockwell 107. Pablo Picasso 108. Paul Cézanne 109. Paul Gauguin 110. Paul Klee 111. Peter Voulkos 112. Piet Mondrian 113. Rachel Whiteread 114. Rembrandt 115. René Magritte 116. Richard Diebenkorn 117. Richard Estes 118. Robert Henri 119. Robert Longo 120. Robert Rauschenberg 121. Romare Bearden 122. Roy Lichtenstein 123. Salvador Dalí 124. Sandy Skoglund 125. Sean Scully 126. Shepard Fairey

127. Shōji Hamada 128. Sonia Delaunay 129. Stuart Davis 130. Tamara de Lempicka 131. Thomas Hart Benton 132. Thomas Hirschhorn 133. Titian 134. Tony Oursler 135. Umberto Boccioni 136. Victor Vasarely 137. Vija Celmins 138. Vincent van Gogh 139. Walter De Maria 140. Wassily Kandinsky 141. Wayne Thiebaud 142. Yayoi Kusama 143. Yves Klein 144. Yves Tanguy

144 Artists: I have selected a few of my favorite artists in bold if you want help narrowing down the list. You do not have to choose an artist in bold.

This poster was created digitally. Although it does not show an artist, but rather a style of art, you can see a good example of how to space your text and images. Not all of the images are in the same place, they are spaced out throughout the poster. The student also used a background that was also incorporated to the style.

This Chuck Close poster demonstrates a combination of handmade and digital work. The student chose to type their information and print it. The student used many squares of color to create the title “Chuck Close” demonstrating how to use the artists style within the poster.

This Louise Nevelson poster demonstrates a poster created entirely by hand. The student took the collage style of the artist and used that to break up the background of the poster with cardboard pieces. This is a great example of how the poster itself can represent the artist as well.

No Paint? No Problem!

These fabric “paintings” by artist Demont Pinder show how you can take everyday fabric/clothing items to create works of art! This is just another option besides drawing and painting and is NOT required.

Consider recreating your artists work using clothing, but make sure to work BIG! You would need a very large open floor area to create something like these. When finished, photograph your picture and then put the items back where they belong.