All About Portraits #2

This shape is used to start a portrait.

• square

• octagon

• oval

• cylinder

This self-portrait is of the artist who painted "The Starry Night". He struggled with mental illness and at one point cut off part of his ear.

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Vincent van Gogh

• Paul Gauguin

• Gustave Courbet

This self-portrait is of an artist known for art that fused text and image to displayed his experiences in the black community of his time.

• Gustave Courbet

• Claude Monet

• Paul Gauguin

• Jean-Michel Basquiat

This self-portrait is of the artist that helped pioneer Cubism.

• Henri Matisse

• Paul Gauguin

• Georges Braque

• Pablo Picasso

A Mexican painter known for her portraits and self-portraits inspired by nature and her culture.

• Frida Kahlo

• Mary Cassatt

• Dora Maar

• Louise Bourgeois

Portraits and History

He was the first president of the United States and a former military general.

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• James Monroe

• John Adams

Portraits and History

He is recognized as the first African-American elected to public office in the United States.

• James Armistead

• Patrick Henry

• Crispus Attucks

• Wentworth Cheswell

Portraits and History

He was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre (during the American Revolution).

• Wentworth Cheswell

• Crispus Attucks

• Patrick Henry

• James Armistead

What is a Portrait?

• A painting of the ocean.

• Any type of Art with a person as the subject.

• A photo of a room interior.

• A drawing of a bowl of fruit.

What is a self-portrait?

• A painting of a person.

• Any artwork the artist creates based on themselves.

• It has to be abstract.

• It has to be realistic.