Pablo Picasso and Vincent Van Gogh Research and Painting Unit: Lesson #1

Instructor: Celine Quiming Grade: 11

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Vincent Van Gogh and Pablo Picasso Research and Painting Unit
Introduction

In this first lesson, you will be asked to do some research on the two artists, Vincent Van Gogh and Pablo Picasso in order to find
some similarities and differences in their art work. This will give us a short history lesson and develop ideas of what the artists were
like. (Visual and Performing Arts: Visual Arts Content Standard 1.0 Artistic Perception 1.4)

Links

About Vincent Van Gogh:
This website will give you a look at Van Goghs body of work: http://www.vangoghgallery.com
This website will give you an idea of what Van Gogh was personally like:
http://www.biography.com/people/vincent-van-gogh-9515695

About Pablo Picasso:
This website will give you a look at Picassos body of work: http://www.pablopicasso.org
This website will give you an idea of what Picasso was personally like: http://www.biography.com/people/pablo-picasso-9440021
These (2) websites can be used to give you inspiration of how to draw/paint like Picasso:
http://www.colgate.com/app/Kids-World/US/Games-And-Activities.cvsp?Game=Picasso
http://www.picassohead.com/create.html

Questions

Here are some helpful questions to keep in mind when doing your research:
1) Where was the artist from?
2) What was his socioeconomic status?
3) Was he educated?
4) Was artist general a happy, sad, angry, or indifferent in regards to his personality?
5) What was the main genre of the artists work?
6) Was the artist successful in their artistic career?
7) What are three main characteristics of the artists technique? Loose painting? Bold colors? Fine lines?
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8) What art movement was most popular during the time the artist was most active?

Here are additional question to critically think about the purpose of the assignment:
1) Why do people create art?
2) What do artists get out of creating art? Intrinsic rewards? Extrinsic rewards?
3) Why is art historically important? To society?
4) Below is an image that your instructor created in the style of Van Goghs self-portraits.























This image was found through the Internet. The artists organelles are painted in their painting style! Search Van Gogh and Picasso.
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This is a fun paint by numbers template in which you practice Van Goghs Starry Night!
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This is another fun paint by numbers template in which you can practice Van Goghs Sunflowers or Tournesols!
Pablo Picasso and Vincent Van Gogh Research and Painting Unit: Lesson #1
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Your instructor has provided a Venn diagram to jot down any ideas about the difference and similarities of the artists.
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