ART.
FAMOUS ARTISTS
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EmilyCarr
Emily Carr was a Canadian artist. She was born in Victoria British Columbia in 1871. She studied art in San Francisco California, in London England and in Paris France. Most of her more famous paintings were from her travels in British Columbia. She visited a large number of west coast aboriginal communities from Vancouver Island in the south to Alaska in the north. She wrote about their culture and traditions. She drew and painted pictures of their communities. She painted pictures of totem poles and villages. She documented the culture of the Haida of the Queen Charlotte Islands as well as the Gitxsan & Tsimshian who lived in the area surrounding the Skeena River in northwestern British Columbia. Emily Carr also painted landscapes. She liked to paint trees, forests and skies. By the time she died in 1945, she was well known across Canada as well as in the United States and in Europe.
Listen to the text and mark the statements ≪True≫ (T) or ≪False≫ (F).
1. Emily Carr was born in Victoria, British Columbia.
2. Emily Carr never left Canada.
3. Many of her paintings are of trees and forests.
Fill in the Blanks:
4. Emily Carr painted pictures of Haida people and villages in the ______Islands.
5. She studied art in many places including San ______, California and ______England.
6. The Skeena River is in ______British Columbia.
7. Emily Carr died in ______.
8. She painted many pictures of ______poles that she saw in Haida & Gitxsan villages.
9. When Emily Carr died she was ______in Canada and other places.
Henry Moore
Outside the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto there is a large bronze sculpture by the English sculptor Henry Moore. The name of the sculpture is Two Large Forms and it has been at the AGO since 1969. You can see more of Henry Moore’s sculptures inside the AGO.
Bronze is a mixture, called an alloy, of copper and tin. When an artist wants to make a bronze sculpture he has to make a hollow mould first. The mould is in the shape of the sculpture. Making the mould is a long and complicated process. When the mould is ready, very hot liquid bronze is poured into the mould. As the liquid cools down it hardens. Artists have been using this method for many centuries.
Many of Henry Moore’s large sculptures can be found in other cities around the world. A second famous sculpture by Henry Moore, The Archer, is in front of Toronto City Hall.
Listen to the text and mark the statements ≪True≫ (T) or ≪False≫ (F).
1. The Archer by Henry Moore is in front of the Art Gallery of Ontario.
2. Bronze is an alloy made of copper and tin.
3. Henry Moore was born in Canada.
4. Making a mould for a bronze sculpture is easy.
Fill in the Blanks:
5. Hot ______bronze is poured into moulds when an artist is making a bronze sculpture.
6. A Henry Moore sculpture can be seen in front of Toronto ______Hall.
7. Artists have been making bronze sculptures for many ______.
Jean-Paul Riopelle
Large paintings with lots of bright colours and bold shapes are typical of many of Jean-Paul Riopelle’s paintings. Often the painting was done with a palette knife and not with a paintbrush. The style of painting is called abstract expressionism. An abstract painting is about colour and shape, not real images of things. Expressionism means that there is lots of feeling or emotion in the painting. This painting style was popular in the 1950s and 1960s.
Jean-Paul Riopelle was not only a painter but also a sculptor. One of his sculptures is a fountain that used to be in Montreal’s Olympic stadium. In 2003 it was moved to Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, a public square in Montreal. It is called La Joute ("The Match" or "The Joust").
Jean-Paul Riopelle was born in Montreal Quebec in 1923 but he spent a lot of time living in France. He returned to Canada later in his life. He died in 2002
Listen to the text and mark the statements ≪True≫ (T) or ≪False≫ (F).
1. Jean-Paul Riopelle was born in France.
2. Jean-Paul Riopelle died in 2002.
3. He was a painter and a sculptor.
Fill in the Blanks:
4. An ______painting is about colours and shapes.
5. La Joute is a ______that you can see if you visit ______.
6. Abstract Expressionism was popular in the ______.
7. Place Jean-Paul Riopelle is a ______square in Montreal.
8. Jean-Paul Riopelle used ______colours in many of his paintings.
Paul Kane
Paul Kane was one of the first Canadian painters who was able to earn a living from his artwork. He was born in Ireland in 1810 but grew up in Toronto. He learned painting in school. After graduating from school he began work as a sign painter and a furniture painter. He did not last long at these jobs. He painted in the United States and in Europe for a few years before he decided to travel west.
He took two trips through the Canadian northwest. In 1845 he traveled from Toronto to Sault Ste. Marie. Sault Ste. Marie was a settlement on the Great Lakes, between Lake Superior and Lake Huron. It is on the border between Ontario and the American state of Michigan.
The next year he went further west. He crossed the Rocky Mountains and visited Fort Vancouver and Fort Victoria. He visited many different aboriginal groups in many different parts of the west. During his travels he drew sketches of the aboriginal people and their lives. When he returned to Toronto he painted more than 100 paintings from these sketches. He also wrote a book about his travels. He died in Toronto in 1871.
Listen to the text and mark the statements ≪True≫ (T) or ≪False≫ (F).
1. Paul Kane was born in Ireland.
2. Paul Kane died in 1848.
3. He painted many pictures of aboriginal people in the Canadian west.
4. Paul Kane once worked painting furniture.
Fill in the Blanks:
5. In 1846 Paul Kane crossed the ______Mountains.
6. Paul Kane learned to paint in ______.
7. He died in ______in 1871.
8. Paul Kane drew many ______that he then used to paint pictures from.
9. He painted pictures of aboriginals and their ______.
10. Sault Ste. Marie was a ______on the ______between Ontario and Michigan.
Graffiti
Graffiti has existed since people learned how to scratch symbols in rocks. Graffiti is any image, symbol or letters made on public property. While some people still make scratches in rocks, concrete or buildings, most graffiti is now made with spray paint or markers.
Is graffiti vandalism? Some graffiti is ugly. Some graffiti, called tagging, is just the name or initials of a person. It is often unreadable. The only purpose of tagging seems to be to quickly spray your initials on as many different surfaces as possible. Nobody likes tags except the taggers.
Is graffiti art? Some graffiti is artistic and takes time, skill and talent to create. It can be nice to look at. The purpose of some graffiti is to spread social messages or political messages. Some cities have places where walls or other surfaces can be used by people to create pieces of graffiti art.
Listen to the text and mark the statements ≪True≫ (T) or ≪False≫ (F).
1. Graffiti is new.
2. Graffiti can look nice.
3. Tagging is done quickly.
Fill in the Blanks:
4. Graffiti has existed since people learned how to ______symbols in rock.
5. Sometimes graffiti has social or political ______.
6. Some graffiti is ______and has taken some skill and talent to create.
7. ______paint is often used to create graffiti.
8. Some graffiti looks nice but other graffiti is ______.
9. Taggers like making ______but most people don't like them.
10. If you tag something, you probably paint or write your ______on it.
Norval Morrisseau
Norval Morrisseau was a Canadian artist who created many colorful paintings and prints. His paintings were often about First Nations culture, traditions and legends. He painted the ancient myths and legends of the eastern woodlands of Canada. Norval Morrisseau’s grandfather was an Ojibway, or Ashishaabe, shaman. He taught Norval many of the stories that Norval would later paint pictures of.
The picture on this page shows one of the paintings that Morrisseau did in 1989. It has a long title. The title is: The Artist Morrisseau Painted Norval in Shaman Regalia and He is Holding the Circle of Life Represented by a Snake Biting Its Tail and the Sacred Frog Which is Earth Itself. The Figure Inside the Frog is the Environment.
A shaman is a person who acts as a link between the visible world and an invisible spirit world. Shamans are healers. They heal people and they heal the land. They are important in First Nations culture and traditions. Regalia are the special clothes that they wear.
The circle of life is the fact that everything on Earth is part of a great cyle of birth, life and death. We are born, we live and then we die. Death is not the end. Instead it is the start of something new. All plants and animals are part of this circle and they are all important.
Norval Morrisseau grew up near the town of Thunder Bay, Ontario. He also used the name Copper Thunderbird.
Listen to the text and mark the statements ≪True≫ (T) or ≪False≫ (F).
1. Norval Morrisseau's grandmother taught him the shaman legends and myths.
2. Copper Thunderbird was another name for Norval Morrisseau.
3. Morriseau painted many colourful paintings.
4. Only people are part of the circle of life.
5. A shaman is a healer.
Fill in the Blanks:
4. The snake is ______its tail in the painting.
5. The environment is ______by the figure inside the Sacred Frog in the painting.
6. Shaman regalia are the ______clothes that they wear.
7. Norval Morrisseau's ______were usually about First Nations myths and legends.
8. The circle of life includes birth, life and ______.
9. We are ______, we live and then we die.
10. We live in the visible world but some people believe that there is an ______spirit world.
11. Thunder Bay is a ______in Ontario.
Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero was born in 1932 in Medellin, Colombia. He paints in the neo-figurative style and calls himself "the most Colombian of Colombian artists". He largely paints large people – figures that are much larger than life in all parts of their body. His critics often call them “fat people”. Botero doesn’t know the reason why he paints such obese forms.
Botero grew up looking at paintings in his local Catholic church. These were in the centuries-old Baroque style and influenced his style. He was never rich enough to visit galleries and see other works. He held his first exhibition when he was 20, in the capital Bogota. He used the money he received to go to Europe to study art.
Throughout the 1960s he lived in New York. He found a new inspiration in the Italian Renaissance. He began to experiment with creating volume in his figures by expanding them and compressing the space around them. This became his unique and trademark style. In 1997, Colombian terrorists destroyed his sculpture ‘Bird’ in Medellin. Seventeen people died in the attack.
Botero’s works now hang in galleries all over the world. He is guaranteed millions of dollars for each painting he does. His works instantly become collector’s items and many people buy them as investments. In 2005, Botero painted a series of 50 paintings that graphically showed the horror of the events in Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison. This is typical of Botero using art for social commentary.
Fernando Botero
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PABLO PICASSO
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) is probably one of history’s most famous names. He was a Spanish painter and sculptor and perhaps the most recognized figure in twentieth-century art. He is best known for starting the Cubist style. Among his most famous works is the painting of the German bombing of the Spanish city of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
Picasso was born into a middle-class family. He took after his father, who was also a painter and a professor of art. From the age of seven, Picasso had formal art lessons from his father. Picasso threw everything into art and his school grades went down. Aged 16, the family sent Picasso to study at Madrid’s Royal Academy of Art.
Picasso moved to Paris in 1900. It was difficult for him to make a living. In 1911, he was questioned by the police for stealing the Mona Lisa. In the summer of 1918, Picasso married ballerina Olga Khokhlova. She introduced him to the rich people of Paris in the 1920s. He became a celebrity and a very respected artist.
Picasso also acted in movies and always played himself in his film appearances. He became famous for his anti-war views. His painting Guernica showed the horror of war. He publicly opposed America’s involvement in the Korean War. After his death, the French state kept many of his paintings. Today, much of his work hangs in a collection at the Musée Picasso in Paris.
PABLO PICASSO
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7. / She introduced him / g. / to make a living
8. / always played himself / h. / most famous names
9. / the horror / i. / his father
10. / his work hangs in a collection / j. / of war
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( ) / Picasso was born into a middle-class family. He took after his father, who was also a painter and a professor of( ) / sculptor and perhaps the most recognized figure in twentieth-century art. He is best known for starting the
( ) / into art and his school grades went down. Aged 16, the family sent Picasso to study at Madrid’s Royal Academy of Art.
( ) / of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
( ) / stealing the Mona Lisa. In the summer of 1918, Picasso married a ballerina Olga Khokhlova. She introduced him to the
( ) / for his anti-war views. His painting Guernica showed the horror of war. He publicly opposed America’s
( ) / Cubist style. Among his most famous works is the painting of the German bombing of the Spanish city
( ) / rich people of Paris in the 1920s. He became a celebrity and a very respected artist.
( ) / hangs in a collection at the Musée Picasso in Paris.
( ) / art. From the age of seven, Picasso had formal art lessons from his father. Picasso threw everything
( 1 ) / Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) is probably one of history’s most famous names. He was a Spanish painter and
( ) / involvement in the Korean War. After his death, the French state kept many of his paintings. Today, much of his work
( ) / Picasso moved to Paris in 1900. It was difficult for him to make a living. In 1911, he was questioned by the police for
( ) / Picasso also acted in movies and always played himself in his film appearances. He became famous
Put the words back into the correct order.