American Artists

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American Artists
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Grandma Moses (1860-1961)
Georgia OKeeffe (1887-1986)
Jasper Johns (1930-)
Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
Kiowa Five (1898-1981)
Alma Thomas (1891-1978)
Winslow Homer (1836-1910)
Charles Burchfield
(1893-1967)
Mary Cassatt (1824-1926)
Larry Yanez (1949-)
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Alma Thomas
Winslow Homer
Mary Cassatt
Grandma Moses
Georgia OKeeffe
Kiowa Five
Jasper Johns
Larry Yáñez
Charles Burchfield
Norman Rockwell
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"Some people like to paint trees. I like to
paint love. I find it more meaningful than
painting trees." Robert
Indiana
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Robert Indiana (1928- )

• His birth name was Robert Clark.
• Born in Indiana he gave himself the nom de
  brush Robert Indiana.
• Before he was 17 years old he had lived in 21
  different houses.
• His parents thought he was a good artist but told
  him if he made it his career he would have to
  survive by eating beans and living in a
  garrett.
• He says his parents were right
• at first!

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• His first grade teacher encouraged him. She
  saved his work, saying that when he was a famous
  artist, she would have some of his original work.
• He is best known for his sign-like paintings and
  sculptures.
• He also likes poetry.

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• Words and numbers were important to Robert.
• His father worked for Phillips 66.
• He spent a lot of time on the road looking at
  signs.
• His mother worked in restaurants with neon signs.
• He often uses the colors red and green (the
  colors of his fathers truck).

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Robert Indiana feels his job as an artist is to
make words and numbers very, very special.
How special has he made them?
His HOPE sculpture made its debut at the
Democratic National Convention in 2008.
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In 1973 Indiana designed the LOVE stamp for the
U.S. Postal Service. Over 320,000,000 of the
stamps were printed.
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His Style
Uses lots of bold colors, especially red, white
and blue.
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He uses blocks of color.
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His paintings and sculptures resemble signs.
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He found stencils in his studio and began using
the stencil look in his artwork.
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He uses letters and numbers.
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