25 Famous Artists Biography Sheets with Critique for Middle, High School Art

These Artist Biography & Critique packets are a simple way to teach secondary art students about artists from the following movements: Impressionism, Pop Art, Harlem Renaissance, Abstract Expressionism, and a bundle of some of the most famous Women Artists of all time. Perfect as a sketchbook prompt, it includes a biography of the artist, with a condensed visual biography, quote, and most famous works along the side of the page. Also included is a Beyond the Painting Critique sheet, Coloring Sheet, and condensed visual biography for each artist.

The Impressionists:

Claude Monet

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on Woman with a Parasol, 1875
• Claude Monet Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebarar

Mary Cassatt

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on Cassatt's Young Mother Sewing (1900)
• Mary Cassatt Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

Edgar Degas

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on The Ballet Class (1874)
• Edgar Degas Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881)
• Auguste-Pierre Renoir Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

Geroges Seurat

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1884)
• Georges Seurat Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

Pop Artists:

Keith Haring

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on Ignorance = Fear
• Keith Haring Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

Roy Lichtenstein

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on Drowning Girl
• Roy Lichtenstein Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

Andy Warhol

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on Campbell's Soup Cans
• Andy Warhol Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

Wayne Thiebaud

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on Cakes
• Wayne Thieabaud Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

James Rizzi

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on Take the A Train to Harlem
• James Rizzi Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

PLUS Jean-Michel Basquiat as a Bonus File

The Harlem Renaissance:

Jacob Lawrence

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on American Struggle Series, "..is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the prices of chains and slavery? Patrick Henry-1775"
• Artist Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

Augusta Savage

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on Portrait Head of John Henry, (1940)
• Artist Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

Archibald Motley

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on Nightlife (1943)
• Artist Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

Laura Wheeler Waring

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on Anna Washington Derry (1925)
• Artist Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

Romare Bearden

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on Tomorrow I May be Far Away (1967)
• Artist Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

5 Famous Women Artists:

Faith Ringgold

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on Quilt Tar Beach
• Faith Ringgold Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

Frida Kahlo

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on The Two Fridas
• Frida Kahlo Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

Yayoi Kusama

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on Kusama with Pumpkin
• Yayoi Kusama Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

Georgia O'Keeffe

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on Oriental Poppies
• Georgia O’Keeffe Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

Amrita Sher-Gil

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on Three Girls
• Amrita Sher-Gil Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

Abstract Expressionists:

Jackson Pollock

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on Convergence (1952)
• Jackson Pollock Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

Lee Krasner

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on Burning Candles (1955) mixed media piece
• Lee Krasner Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

Mark Rothko

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on Orange and Yellow (1957)
• Mark Rothko Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

Helen Frankenthaler

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on The Bay (1963)
• Helen Frankenthaler Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

Franz Kline

• One sheet biography with condensed visual biography sidebar
• Beyond the Painting Critique Sheet on Mahoning (1956)
• Franz Kline Coloring Sheet with condensed visual biography sidebar

Ways to use in the classroom:

• As a prompt for student sketchbook
• As early finisher work
• As a bell-ringer
• As an art sub plan
• As homework

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