MAUD LEWIS (1903-1970)

Created by the students of CEIP Príncipe de Asturias

- Maud Lewis was born on the 7th March 1903 and died on the 30th July 1970 in 

Nova Scotia (Canada).

- She developed rheumatoid arthritis 

which reduced her mobility,

 especially in her hands.

- She was a Canadian folk artist.

- Her mother introduced her to art by teaching her to make watercolor Christmas cards to sell. 

- Lewis started her artistic career by selling hand-drawn and painted Christmas cards for five cents each.

- Lewis used bright colors in her paintings. 

- She painted flowers, animals, and outdoor scenes.

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- Maud married Everett Lewis,

 a fish peddler, in 1938. 

They lived in poverty.

- They lived in a very small house 

which is a museum nowadays.

- Maud used the house as her studio.

FRIDA KAHLO (1907-1954)

1st Primary School of Iraklio Attikis Greece

Frida Kahlo's portraits ! !

Feet.. but, why do you think, Ι need you??!

When Ι have wings to fly??

  FRIDA KAHLO

Hello, my name is Frida!

I was born in Coyoacan, a small town near Mexico City. I wanted to become a doctor and, as a child, I always wanted to win every game and be the best. 

I got polio at the age of six and had to stay in bed for nine months. The disease caused my right leg and foot to become much thinner than my left. After recovering, I walked with a limp. I've worn long skirts ever since to cover it.

My father encouraged me to play sports to help with my recovery. I played soccer, went swimming, and even wrestled—something quite unusual for a girl at that time.

I want you to know this for me..:

painting became my goal,

        through my paintings you will see my truth.

I WILL ALWAYS FIGHT FOR WOMEN RIGHTS!

Remember never quit, no matter what!

You will learn you can try again and you will see you will succeed!!!

At the age of 18, Frida Kahlo was involved in a serious bus accident. She was badly injured and had to stay in the Red Cross Hospital in Mexico City for several weeks.

To pass the time and ease the pain, she began painting and completed her first self-portrait the following year. Frida Kahlo once said:

I paint myself because I am often alone and I am the subject I know best".

Her parents supported her passion for art by providing her with brushes, paints, and a special easel so she could paint while lying in bed. Frida eventually became a famous artist—not only for her powerful and personal art, but also for her political activism and fearless spirit, which inspired her to keep fighting and never give up.

It has been said that the revolution does not need art, but that art needs the revolution. That is not true. The revolution needs revolutionary art.

Comics of life of Frida

''...VIVA LA VIDA''

BEATRIX

POTTER

(1866-1943)

Children's author,

 illustrator,

natural scientist,

naturalist

1st Primary school of Neapoli, Agrinio, Greece

Beatrix was born in 1866 in London.

 She had a brother. They both loved pets !

They kept rabbits,               hedgehogs,                 mice,        frogs                      and even bats!

 Beatrix liked to draw her pets.

She loved      to explore      nature ,          

 especially in beautiful places like Scotland.

She was very clever!

She learned about fossils

 and bugs.

She was especially interested in mushrooms!

 She even wrote a paper about mushrooms, but at that time, women could not be scientist.

She  began  her  careen  as  a children's  book   author  in a  male-dominated  world  where  women  did  not  always  have  equal  opportunities.

At  first, all  of  her  stories  were  rejected, as

publishers believed that books featuring animals would not be successful.

We don't think your stories are intresting! We won't publish them...

But  no one wanted to publish her story!  :-(

She didn't give up!

She decided to self-publish 250 copies of the book and send it to friends and family. The book was so  well loved that publishers could no longer ignore her work!

The tale of Peter Rabbit was published in 1902 and it was very popular! 

The book tells the story of a young rabbit who disobeys his mother's orders and steals carrots from a farmer's garden.......

The Tale of Peter the Rabbit (1902)

In 1905, Beatrix bought a farm. 

She learned about farming and she was a sheep breeder. 

 She loved living in the country and worked hard to protect nature!

Some of her books!

Our paintings!

If Yayoi Kusama painted a kite it would be like these.

LEONARDO DA VINCI 

(1452 - 1519)

Leonardo da Vinci was a famous artist, inventor, and scientist during the Renaissance. 

He is still remembered as one of the most brilliant minds in history.

Arkas Science and Art Center, İzmir - Türkiye

Leonardo da Vinci was born on 15 April 1452 in Anchiano, near Vinci, Republic of Florence (Italy). 

His father, Ser Piero, was a Florentine notary and landlord, and his mother, Caterina, was a young peasant woman. He grew up on his father’s family’s estate and received the usual elementary education of that day: reading, writing, and arithmetic. When he was about 15, his father apprenticed him to an artist.

He was interested in nature, mechanics, geometry, flying machines, as well as architectural structures such as churches, castles and canals, and studied anatomy and trained students.

He died in Cloux, France on May 2, 1519, at the age of 67.

Leonardo da Vinci had to face many problems in his life.

-His parents were unmarried at the time of his birth; so he could not go to school. He had to learn for himself what he wanted to do. 

-He was left-handed. He used Mirror writing. It  was easy and natural for him.

-He did not always have enough money to finish his projects. Some of his inventions were too expensive or difficult to build at that time. 

-Another problem was unfinished work. Leonardo started many paintings and inventions, but he often did not finish them because he liked to explore new ideas.

-Leonardo lived during a time when some of his ideas were too advanced. For example, he designed flying machines and war tanks, but the world was not ready for them. People did not understand or believe in his inventions.

Henri de Toulouse

Lautrec

by

Primary Special School of Peratata

Kefalonia

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec

1864-1901

Henri's Self Portrait

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec

1864-1901

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was 

a French painter, engraver, 

illustrator and designer.

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec

1864-1901

He was born on November 24, 1864 

in Albi, a city 

in southern France, 

and was the son of 

Count Alfonso and 

Countess Adel de 

Toulouse-Lautrec  

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec

The artist's mother, Countess Adèle de Toulouse-Lautrec 

Painted 

by her son

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec

Lautrec had a mobility problem. His legs stopped developing normally from the age of 12. Lautrec's height reached only 1.5 meters and unlike his legs, the rest of his body had normal growth.

Because of this abnormality in his physique, he was unable to follow a normal social life. This fact made him devote himself to painting.

The painter who influenced 

the young Henri the most 

in his subject matter was 

Edgar Degas.

Edgar Degas's

Self Portrait

Henri's Self Portrait

He wanted

 art to be the 

reflection of 

real life.

His paintings were characterized by bright colors and human presences.

His paintings 

were characterized 

by bright colours 

and human presences.

He was an important artist of post-impressionism and 

is considered by many to be the official iconographer of 

the nightlife of that time – the so-called Belle Époque, 

in the cabarets of Paris.

He is also considered one of the pioneers in poster art,

best known for the posters he created for 

the cabaret 

“Moulin Rouge”.

copy of the advertisement of the bimonthly 

literary magazine "Le Revue Blanche"

He was also involved in 

the technique of lithography, influenced by Japanese art and 

Japanese engravings.

Colour lithography (chromolithography) was established as an art form by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

He lived mainly in Montmartre, 

which was the dominant center 

of artistic creation. For most 

of his life he had a problem with 

alcoholism and died on 

September 9, 1901, very young, 

at the age of 36, 

having contracted syphilis

"Our student's drawings"

White horse

The Englishman

at the Moulin Rouge

"Our students' drawings"

The portrait of

Suzanne Valadon

Woman on a 

white horse

"Our students' drawings"

At the bar

Mr Boileau

at the coffee bar

"Our students' drawings"

The return of 

the black cat

And our pet!

The tiger cat!

Matching Game 1:

https://learningapps.org/watch?v=pmb5uxidj25

Matching Game 2:

https://learningapps.org/view40266445

Find the pairs:

https://learningapps.org/view40600163

A Crossword about Lautrec's life:

                        https://learningapps.org/view40603204

 The millionaire game:

     https://learningapps.org/view40609110

Let's play with Lautrec's paintings

                    EŞREF ARMAĞAN

Eşref Armağan is a Turkish painter who was blind from birth. Throughout his life, he was able to successfully paint models of objects he had never seen by touching them with his fingertips.

Arkas Science and Art Center,İzmir-Türkiye

 He was born in Istanbul at 1953. He and his family is Turkish. He still lives. Almost all of his paintings are open to visitors.

                  HOW DO HE PAINTS

Because of his ability to picture objects he has never seen before after touching them, professors from Harvard University examined his brain functions and as a result, they witnessed that when Eşref Armağan touched an object, the part of his brain that is responsible for perceiving visible objects was activated.

         SOME OF HIS ARTWORKS