Image of a painting of a snowy day in olden times with houses on a hill, a skier coming down the hill, sledders running across the road down the hill, and horses pulling a plow. Above the picture is a pink triangle with a black and white image of on old woman, Grandma Moses and the words, "Grandma Moses Biography for Kids."
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Grandma Moses Biography for Kids

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Good morning, children. I am Anna Mary Robertson Moses, but that is kind of a mouthful, don’t you think? So you can call me Grandma Moses. That’s what everybody calls me now, as I am almost 100 years old! I was born in 1860 in New York and I had so many adventures with my nine brothers and sisters on our farm there. That was so long ago when we could run all over the forests and hills, spent time together washing clothes,… …picking apples,… …and making apple butter,… went sledding and ice skating in the winter. My father would…

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Image of a painting of a blue swirling sky with large circles for stars and a dark tall tree and the town in the foreground. Over this is a yellow shape with a small painting of a man with a red beard, tan hat and blue shirt. Also there are the words "Vincent van Gogh Biography for Kids."
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Vincent van Gogh Biography for Kids

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Hello, my name is Vincent van Gogh. I am a Post-Impressionist painter, and I’d like to tell you my story. This is the Vincent van Gogh biography for kids. I was born in Groot Zundert, Netherlands in 1853. My father was a pastor of a Dutch Reformed Church, so I learned the Bible growing up, but even from my youth, I was often depressed and suffered from a mood disorder. I did not study art formally while growing up, and by age 16, I went to work in an art dealership in The Hague, a city in the south of…

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Image of a painting of a woman in a black dress sitting by a baby in a cradle covered with a guaze-like cloth. Over this is a turquoise shape with a small painting of a woman wearing a black hat. Also there are the words "Berthe Morisot Biography for Kids."
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Berthe Morisot Biography for Kids

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Bonjour! I am Berthe Morisot, and I am a woman painter! This is the Berthe Morisot biography for kids! I was born in and always lived in France. When I was 16, my mother paid for me to take art lessons… …but I was barred from the famous art school because I am a female, not a male. They only wanted male students. But I often went to the Louvre – you know, the famous museum in Paris – to copy the Old Masters. Perhaps you’ve heard of some of the Old Masters? You know, like Giotto, …Ghiberti, …Fra Angelico,…

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Claude Monet Biography for Kids

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Claude Monet Biography for Kids Bon jour! I am Claude Monet. This is the Claude Monet biography for kids. I am from the late 1800s and early 1900s in France. There has been an interesting movement in art going on in France called the Impressionist Movement, and I am one of the main artists of Impressionism. I was born in 1840 in Paris, France. I knew I wanted to be an artist from an early age, though my father wanted me to join the family business of grocery sales and supplying ships. I was able to attend the school of…

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Edgar Degas Biography for Kids

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Edgar Degas Biography for Kids Bon jour! This is the Edgar Degas biography for kids. I am Edgar Degas from France in the 1900s. Yes, France in the 1900s, the time of the Impressionist Movement. The movement so named when a critic called our works “impressionism” because he thought our art works seemed more like sketches than finished paintings. The movement of “in plain air” or natural light. I suppose I am part of this movement but I differ from my colleagues in that I like classical themes and realism. Please call me a Realist! I mostly taught myself to…

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Image of a painting of a mountain landscape with a shepherd. Over this is a brown shape with a small painting using dark browns and blacks of a man with brown hair curled up on the sides and a brown coat with large buttons. This is a portrait of Thomas Gainsborough. Also there are the words "Thomas Gainsborough Biography for Kids."
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Thomas Gainsborough Biography for Kids

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Good afternoon. I am Thomas Gainsborough. Would you like a spot of tea? No? Oh, you’re here to learn about me and my art. This is the Thomas Gainsborough biography for kids! Indeed, I was born in 1727 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England and I taught myself art at first. At age 13, I moved to London to study art. There I met my wife, Margaret, and together we had two daughters. I made a modest living from my painting at first, and when we moved to Bath, I studied the portraits of Antoon van Dyck. Then, I attracted a respectable…

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Image of a group of people in the 17th century in a dark setting with a man in a black suit with a large white collar and another man in a yellow suit and hat in the forefront with a gold shape across the top of the picture. In the gold shape is another picture of a man with short brown hair, a beard and wearing a brown suit and hat. On the gold shape are the words "Rembrandt Biography for Kids."
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Rembrandt Biography for Kids

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Hello! Do you know who I am? I am Rembrandt! Have you heard of me? I am so famous I only go by my first name. My name is really Rembrandt van Rijn, but just call me Rembrandt! This is the Rembrandt biography for kids! Let’s investigate my life and art! I was born in Leiden, Holland (now known as the Netherlands) in 1606. You may recall that a group of Separatist Puritans came to Leiden a year after I was born and lived there during the time I was growing up until they left in 1620 to form a…

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Image of a painting of a landscape of a town on a hill in the distance with dark clouds over it. Over this is a greyish blue shape with a small painting of a man a painting in blacks and browns of a bald man with a fringe of black hair on the sides and a short black beard. He is wearing a black top with a fur scarf around his shoulders and a white collar. This is a portrait of El Greco. Also there are the words "El Greco Biography for Kids."
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El Greco Biography for Kids

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Hello, my name is Doménikos Theotokópoulos. But people call me El Greco. It is Spanish for “the Greek.”  I was born on the Greek island of Crete. You know where Crete is in the Mediterranean Sea, right? I studied painting as a young man at a monastery so my first artistic influences were creating Byzantine style religious icons, which are pictures of saints in churches. These paintings look kind of flat and lacked expression. Later, I went to Italy to study and learned to draw the human figure like Giotto so that my people were three-dimensional. Then I studied Renaissance…

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Image of a painting of various Bible scenes with the prominent one being a naked man lounging back and reaching his hand up while a figure with a white beard reaches his arm down so that their fingers touch. Over this is a dark purple shape with a small painting of a man with dark hair and a dark beard, who is Michelangelo. Also there are the words "Michelangelo Buonarroti Biography for Kids."
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Michelangelo Buonarroti Biography for Kids

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Ciao! I am Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni! Most people just call me by my first name. Have any of you ever heard of me? I should think so! I am considered by many people to be the greatest artist who ever lived! I was born near and grew up in Firenze, Italia, or as you say, Florence, Italy, which is the center of Renaissance. People at this time were interested in architecture, painting, poetry and sculpture – and of course, I am good at all of these! I grew up with a family of stonecutters, since my parents couldn’t…

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Image of a black and white drawing of a rhinocerous. Over this is a light green shape with a small ond is a painting using dark browns and blacks of a man with long curly brown hair and a short brown beard wearing a brown tunic and holding his left hand in front of his chest. This is a portrait of Albrecht Durer. Also there are the words "Albrecht Durer Biography for Kids."
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Albrecht Dürer Biography for Kids

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Guten morgen! I am Albrecht Dürer.  I grew up in Nuremburg, Germany during the Renaissance era, a time when many people were coming up with new ideas and inventions. My father was a goldsmith, so I learned from him how to use gold in jewelry and sculptures and how to engrave. More than goldsmith work, I loved to draw and paint so I became an apprentice to Michael Wolgemut. I had the opportunity to spend some time in Venice, Italy and study art. Then I returned to Nuremberg, and I opened my own workshop and was able to draw and work…

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