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Meet the Masters— Master Artists! Let’s Meet Our Masters!!

Henry Moore Charles Alston

• (1898-1986)—He lived to be 88 years old! • British (English) painter and sculptor • He began painting and sculplting as a young child. • He worked for the government during the war as an artist and painted images of the war. Sculpting

• To create figures or designs in three dimensions • To shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband" • To create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice"

King and Queen

Knife Edge Two Pieces

Draped Reclining Mother and Baby

• Three important themes: 1. Mother & baby 2. Internal /external 3. Reclining person

• He worked on this for 5 years!! Large Upright Internal External Form

Double Oval

Oval With Points

Hill Arches

Helmet Head Nuclear Energy Art can be anywhere…

• Library plaza in Columbus, Indiana • 20 feet high • 12 feet wide • Weighs 5 ½ tons = Henry Moore at Work

And now for our next artist… Charles Alston

• American Artist • From • 1907-1977 –70 years old when he died • Painter, sculptor and teacher of • Liked to listen to jazz while making art

Columbia College, New York City

Cubism

• Type of art where shapes are more important than details. • Use lots of geometric shapes Family

Barn Landscape

Kiosk with Landscape

New York City Landscape

Family Number 1

This picture shows a family. • Does this picture look realistic to you? • Do you think that the family members are close? • How many people are in the picture? • Where do you see lines? • Can you find straight lines and curved lines? • Where do you see shapes? • Can you find round shapes and square shapes? • Can you name some colors in the picture? Art is Everywhere

Magic In Medicine Hospital, New York City Martin Luther King

When he became President, put this in the National Portrait Gallery It is a sculpture done by Henry Moore. Book about the artist

The artist at work Artists have fun too!

Whose work do you like best and why?

• Henry Moore: sculptor • Charles Altson: artist & sculptor Do you want to make a sculpture?

• Materials: • Clay

• Wood-base for your sculpture How to make your sculpture

• Use the pen to write your name on the wood base—remember all artists sign their work! • Ideas: • Use the clay to mold • Animals and form any shape you • People want. • Shapes • Family

Website for Fun.

• http://nmolp.tate.org.uk/webquests/launch. php?webqu • http://kids.tate.org.uk/games/est_id=8&part ner_id=tate