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Édouard Manet

"The Railway," 1873

In Édouard Manet’s painting The Railway, we find ourselves in the vicinity of the Gare Saint-Lazare train station in 1870s Paris. Manet, a native Parisian, was convinced that art should concern itself with modern life, and he painted the people and places of Paris that he observed firsthand.

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

"The Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial," 1900

Through images and writing prompts, this poster encourages students to consider the perspectives of Civil War soldiers. It explores the artistic challenges of creating a meaningful memorial and tasks students with conceptualizing their own memorials.

Joan Miró

"The Farm (La masía)," 1921–1922

This bilingual poster of The Farm by Spanish artist Joan Miró is designed to be a primary source for you to display and use in your classroom. We hope that this poster will generate rich conversations, probing questions, and great ideas among your students, which you will be able to support and develop using the information and activities provided on the back of the poster. The poster also offers opportunities to develop content knowledge about a Spanish modern artist, his artistic process, and the idea of identity expressed through art.