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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Edgar Degas Biography for Kids
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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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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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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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