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Ohio Artists

George Wesley Bellows (1882 – 1925)

• Biography by the National Gallery of Art 
• Former Exhibition: Time periods of his work, by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• George Bellows: Original Lithographs and Drawings
• George Bellows: New York’s Greatest Realist Painter, by the Green-Wood Cemetery

Howard Chandler Christy (1872 – 1952)

• Howard Chandler Christy, by the National Museum of American Illustration
• “Signing of the Constitution” Artwork by Christy, by Architect of the Capital 
• Howard Chandler Christy Papers, by LaFayette College
• Howard Chandler Christy, by The Museum of Modern Art

Henry F. Farny (1847 – 1916)

• Henry F. Farny by the Smithsonian American Art Museum
• Henry F. Farny by the Dayton Art Institute
• Henry Francois Farny (image) from the Cincinnati Art Museum

Caroline Augusta Lord (1860 – 1927)

• Caroline Augusta Lord biography by Mary Ran Gallery
• Artwork by Caroline Augusta Lord on Wikimedia

Lily Martin Spencer (1822 – 1902)

• Lily Martin Spencer by National Museum of Women in the Arts
• Lily Martin Spencer by the Smithsonian American Art Museum
• “Conversation Piece” a painting, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• “The Artist and Her Family at a Fourth of July Picnic,” a painting, National Museum of Women in the Arts

Archibald Willard (1836 – 1918)

• Willard, Archibald Macneal, Encyclopedia of Cleveland History by Case Western Reserve
• Archibald Willard, by Artvee
• “Spirit of ‘76” painting, Marblehead Historical Commission

 

Lesson Plans and Resources

The American Experience in the Classroom: Using Art to Teach History and Language Arts, from the Smithsonian American Art Museum

• Colonization, Revolution, and the New Nation (1754 – 1820s)
• Westward Expansion: 1801 – 1861
• How to Read an Artwork as a Primary Source
• Learning to Look: Integrating Social Studies and the Visual Arts

Westward Expansion Art Analysis lesson plan by the Autry Museum of the American West

Western Expansion: Perspectives on Westward Expansion by the Terra Foundation for American Art

 

Ohio Art Organizations

Ohio Art Education Association

Ohio Alliance for Arts Education

Ohio Arts Council

 

hio Art Museums & Art Centers

Akron Art Museum

Butler Institute for American Art (Youngstown)

Decorative Arts Center of Ohio (Lancaster)

Cincinnati Art Museum 

Cleveland Museum of Art

Columbus Museum of Art

Dayton Art Institute

Kennedy Museum of Art (Athens)

Taft Museum of Art (Cincinnati)

Toledo Museum of Art