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Are you looking for an artist that works with a specific theme, for example ‘water’, ‘light and dark’ or ‘landscapes’?
Here are a range of artists working in different media, all organised into themes.
Artists often cross over in a range of themes and topics in their work, so some may cross over. For example, David Hockney would be categorised under ‘collage artists’ and ‘landscape artists’ AND (!) ‘portrait artists’
Enjoy!
Artist Sarah Graham creates bright and colourful oil paintings of food that could be described as ‘still life’, however many of her paintings focus on wrappers, sweets and desserts. Sarah Graham specialises in painting food in a hyperreal style. Sarah Graham is a British painter, born in 1977. Her artworks are often painted on a […]
Read More Sarah GrahamKäthe Kollwitz was a German artist who focused on creating portraits of working class women, as well as making a lot of self-portraits. Through her compositions, and her use of materials and tones, Käthe Kollwitz was able to show the struggles and pains that her subjects were living through. At the time Käthe Kollwitz was […]
Read More Käthe KollwitzArtists inspired by landscapes don’t just make drawings or paintings in response to their subject, but also make work that can be described as ‘3D’, ‘installation art’ and ‘land art’. Lita Albuquerque is a landscape artist who works in and with different environments; adding her own sculptures, objects, colours and even people to create new, […]
Read More Lita AlbuquerqueJohn Piper made artwork very often inspired by landscapes and architecture. He used a range of processes to make his expressive and energetic landscapes, often exaggerating the formal qualities of line, texture and colour. He also painted, printed, illustrated books and made stained glass windows! Piper loved looking at British landscapes and buildings, and often […]
Read More John PiperClaude Monet is possibly one of the most famous French artists in the world. Known not just for his fantastic landscape paintings, but because of his unique interpretation of landscapes and the natural world around him. Monet is a unique landscape artist because he did not just try to paint landscapes as he could see […]
Read More Claude MonetFrida Kahlo is one of the most well-known portrait artists in the world. Kahlo was born in Mexico and painted a huge array of portraits, self portraits and artworks inspired by nature. In her portrait paintings, Kahlo loved to reference her Mexican heritage, often including objects related to popular culture at the time. She merged […]
Read More Frida KahloFor my Landscape and Mark Making project at KS4, I am asking pupils to create landscapes from memory. We have been exploring mark making, tone and how artists create movement or atmosphere. We are about to move onto creating our own landscapes from memory using the techniques we’ve looked at. I have been looking for […]
Read More Jennilie BrewsterI was looking for an artist inspired by food and came across Jerry Wilkerson, a modern pointillist artist! I am using this food artist as inspiration to use in my KS4 art project exploring mark making. Although we are working on landscapes, the techniques are still relevant. It was good to be able to discuss […]
Read More Jerry WilkersonI used Cy Twombly as an artist link in my first lesson on exploring mark-making with my Year 10 Art & Design class.
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