Mrs. Renz's 4th Grade Class ~ Artist Review 2007-2008

Artist	Born	Lived From	Age	Facts About the Artist
Georgia O'Keeffe	Sun Prairie, Wisconsin	1887-1986	98	Lived in New York City and made pictures of skyscrapers. In New Mexico she painted huge flowers, animal bones & western scenery.
Wassily Kandinsky	Moscow, Russia	1866-1944	78	Abstract painter. Made circles, squares, & triangle designs in brilliant colors.
Anna Mary Robertson Moses	Greenwich, New York	1860-1961	101	Self taught folk artist. Began painting at age of 70. Painted memories of long ago.
Robert Wyland	Detroit, Michigan	1956-	52 still alive	Paints underwater scenes of marine life. In 2011, he will complete his 100^th "whaling wall" mural. Lives in Hawaii.
Claude Monet	Paris, France	1840-1926	86	Leader of the "Impressionists." Created a garden full of flowers, water lilies, and a Japanese bridge.
John James Audubon	Born Haiti, lived in France & U.S.	1785-1851	66	Traveled the U.S. painting 50 different species of birds and recorded their food, habitat, and surroundings.
Frederic Remington	Canton, New York	1861-1909	48	Made sketches of the western scenes and illustrated for magazines and books. Made bronze sculptures
Charles M. Russell	Saint Louis, Missouri	1864-1926	62	Known as the "Cowboy Artist." Made sketches of cowboy life, Indian and bison. 2006 paintings, drawings and sculptures.