Christine Besack posted a site quite some time ago
that I did not save...Maybe she will see this post.
Here are artists I covered when I taught elementary. I
am sure I will forget a few (it has been a while).
Mondrian, Paul Klee, Vincent Van Gogh, Henri Matisse,
Romare Bearden, Henri Rousseau, Pablo Picasso, Andy
Warhol (this was before I was into Character
Education), Frank Lloyd Wright, Stuart Davis, Native
American Art (various cultures), African Art (various
cultures), Mexican Art.
One thing that is certain - you will NOT get a group
of teachers to agree on what artists are most
important for elementary. I picked artists that I had
resources for....then built more into my program using
artists I admired (character education is so
important). Here are recommended artists for
elementary (suggested by the list members):
Grandma Moses
Henri Rousseau
Alexander Calder (IAD has a Wire Circus lesson)
Vincent Van Gogh --2nd grade
Henri Matisse 4th grade
Geogia O'Keeffe-5th grade
Pablo Picasso -6th and 1st
Frank Lloyd Wright-7th grade
Maria Martinez--8th grade
Salvador Dali--jr high
Frederick Remington--7th grade and Western expansion
artists
Eric Carle.
Paricia Polloca and other Caldecott artists--3rd grade
Michaelangelo
Rene Magritte
Andy Warhol (be careful here)
George Seurat
Rembrandt Van Rijn
Claude Monet
Frank Lloyd Wright
Maya Lin,
Lorenzo Homar (Puerto Rican artist)
M.C. Escher
Bridget Riley
Keith Haring
Frida Kahlo
Wayne Theibaud
Paul Klee
Leonardo da Vinci
Edvard Munch
Chuck Close
Faith Ringgold
Hudson River School Painters
Paul Cezanne
Mary Cassatt
Marc Chagall
Romare Bearden
Jacob Lawrence
Janet Fish
Fernando Botero
John Biggers
Henry Tanner
Cultures for Elementary:
Australian Aboriginal works - animals of austrlia
Africa - Ashanti Kente Cloth - Gourd Bowls
Mexico-Oaxacan Animals, Day of the Dead - Metapec clay
suns -
Mexico - Ofrendas (yarn paintings.)
China-Dragons, Shadow Puppets, Ink Painting, Fans,
Chinese Screens
Japan-Daruma, Origami, Fans, Kimono Design, Zen
Gardens - Tea Cups
Kuna Indian -Molas
Woven Anatolian Kilims
Russia - Onion Domed Russian Basilicas
Note: Teacher who recommended Lorenzo Homar had a lot
of students from Puerto Rico. You will notice that
many of the recommended artists are regional. Hudson
River School would not interest me at all for
elementary. Grant Wood would interest me more.
Here is a link to recommended Art Prints (Elementary
-through Middle school) - again, this list is long.
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/Files/artists.htm
I believe Shorewood may now have The Scream and
American Gothic.
Go with artists YOU like...go with your passions. What
you might do is ask middle school which artists they
cover then you can introduce some of them to the
elementary students. I liked it when students already
knew a little about the artists I taught. I
deliberately repeated artists they had in elementary
(I taught middle school - elementary only for two
years). What artists are easiest for Elementary
students to understand? For which artists can you get
elementary level resources (Check Crystal Production
"Dropping In" Video/book Series - Grant Wood is new)?
For which artists has Greg Percy written songs (See
Songs in the Key of Art)?
