Art in one form or another has existed throughout history. In Australia, there has been art for tens of thousand of years, with Indigenous rock art being among the oldest artwork in the world. Art is a skill that can be developed and enjoyed by anyone, though some are more skilled than others. It can be done with media ranging from natural ochres to computers and other digital media.

There are multiple pages that can be accessed using either the page number boxes above or the links that follow.

This page looks at a selection of Australian and international artists, art in Australia, Art History and schools of painting.

The Second Page looks at a variety of Art Tutorials and other Art information including Blogs, Virtual Art, Visual Arts and other general Art information.

Additional Art Resources can be found on this page. Indigenous Art and Artists are included on this page. Further Arts information can also be found on the Visual Arts page, part of the tertiary subjects information.

Artists

Australian Artists Blackman, Charles Boyd, Arthur Boyd, Arthur [2] Dobell, William Done, Ken Drysdale, Russell Heysen, Hans Indigenous Artists Lindsay, Norman McCubbin, Frederick Namatjira, Albert Nolan, Sydney Olsen, John Roberts, Tom Streeton, Arthur Whiteley, Brett

Artists : A - F Bellini, Giovanni Bosch, Hieronymus Blake, William Botticelli, Sandro Boudin, Eugène Bruegel, Pieter Brueghel, Jan [The Elder] Canaletto Caravaggio Cézanne, Paul Cezanne, Paul [2] Christo Constable, John da Vinci, Leonardo Dali, Salvador Daumier, Honoré Degas, Edgar Delacroix, Eugene della Francesca, Piero Durer, Albrecht Dyck, Sir Anthony van Fragonard, Jean-Honore	Artists : G - L Gainsborough, Thomas Gauguin, Paul Gogh, Vincent van Goya, Francisco de Greco, El Grünewald, Matthias Hals, Franz Hogarth, William Holbein, Hans Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique John, Augustus Kandinsky, Wassily Klee, Paul Kleem, Paul. The Zentrum
Artists : M - R Lorrain, Claude Manet, Edouard Marc, Franz Matisse, Henri Michelangelo Modigliani, Amadeo Mondrian, Piet Monet, Claude Murillo, Bartolomé Parmigianino Picasso, Pablo Picasso, Paintings Poussin, Nicolas Raphael Rembrandt Renoir, Pierre-Auguste Reynolds, Sir Joshua Rodin, Auguste Rubens, Peter Paul	Artists : S - Z Sargent, John Singer Seurat, Georges Tieppolo Tintoretto Titian Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de Turner, Joseph Van Dyck, Anthony Van Eyck, Jan Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh and Gauguin Van Gogh Gallery, The Velásquez, Diego Vermeer, Jan Vermeer, Jan [2] Vermeer’s Paintings Warhol, Andy Whistler, James Abbott

General Sites

• Artble
  ‘Artble is an encyclopaedic webpage where you can find unique information about artists from many different art periods. Please take your time to view and appreciate the art whilst navigating through the pages, reading about history’s greatest art works and the fascinating lives of their creators. [There] is an index to help you navigate through the webpages, putting the different art periods into perspective’. A number of individual artist links from this site are included above.
• Artcyclopaedia
  5 000+ artists with an emphasis on the classical painters.
• Art History - Artists
  Select alphabetically, by century, nationality. 22 000 artists listed.
• Design and Art Australia Online
  ‘DAAO is an open source, Freely accessible, scholarly e-Research tool that presents biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators. Browse our biographies’.
• Union List of Artist Names^® Online
  From The Getty Research Institute. A search engine that provides a wealth of information with more than 125 000 records. Links to a wealth of information sources about each artist. Broad definition of artist.
• WebMuseum : Artist index
  Listed alphabetically by last name.

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Art

Art History

• Art History
  Links for periods, places, architecture, technology, journals, courses, resources, museums, theory, auctions, more.
• Art History Resources
  History and art. Clarifies culture, beliefs via art from Prehistoric, Ancient, Middle Ages eras. Art from world countries/cultures, links to museums, galleries.
• Art in The Picture
  An Introduction to Art History. Artists, paintings, styles & movements, museums, blog, shop.
• smARThistory
  ‘Free multimedia art history web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement for the textbook. Allows users to browse more than one hundred audios and videos by time period, style, artist, theme or by scrolling through an image browser that looks like an art history textbook’.
• Timeline of Art History
  Metropolitan Museum of Art. Art, artists, movements, more, up to 1800. Samples from their collections illustrate each period.
• Art Restoration Technique
  Latest technique, adapted by NASA from space technology, for artworks effectively. Or, try this site.
• Impressionist Paintings
  Brilliant Impressionist paintings from the Musee D’Orsay in Paris.
• Mother of All Art & Art History Links Page
  Not a great first impression but worth pursuing. Links to art, biographies, artworks, online store.
• Rock Art
  Analysing, dating, ethnography of world rock art, other links.
• Web Gallery of Art
  ‘Virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture from 12th to mid-19th centuries. Free resource of Art History for students, teachers’.

Australian Art & Paintings

Information on, and allow you to purchase, art by Australian artists.

• ABC Arts
  Covers all Arts areas including Art, Programs, reviews, information, more.
• Artforms
  Among arts covered are Indigenous Arts, artists & organisations, visual arts, inter-arts, more.
• Art Forum
  ‘Chatting about Australian fine art’.
• art.net.au
  ‘Showcase for Australian art online. Comprehensive directory of galleries, artists, services, museums in Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific’.
• Art - RMIT
  ‘This research guide will provide starting points for information on Fine and Visual Arts’. Some internal links, many external. Includes areas such as industry, statistics, legal information in addition to purely artistic links.
• Art Search [Australia]
  Artists, galleries, resources. For an international search use Art Search [International].
• Art - What’s On
  Australian exhibitions, galleries of works, artists. Claimed to be Australia’s leading visual arts portal.
• Australian Art
  The Cultural Gifts Program. Artworks donated by individuals and others to galleries and public collections. Around $270 million worth of gifts have been donated in just on 30 years.
• Australian Art and Artists
  Artists, art schools, arts councils, auction houses, contemporary spaces, commercial galleries, museums, organisations, publications, regional galleries.
• Australian Artists
  Picture Australia. Images of more than 150 Australian artists. Use Picture Australia to link to images of Australian paintings.
• Australian Art Review
  ‘Covers the visual arts in Australia and abroad with a particular emphasis on Australia-wide reviews - of exhibitions, publications, events’.
• Australian Women’s Art Register
  ‘Archive, repository of slides, published material, other written sources, old and new, documenting Australian women artists, their images, their writings. Diverse media and art disciplines including craft, design, photography, installation, represented in the archive’.
• Dictionary of Australian Artists Online
  ‘Open access, dynamic scholarly reference work. YSearch 7 143 biographies by over 400 biographers, watch for new biographies currently in progress. Discover themes and patterns from 45 years of art scholarship’.
  New site being launched in July 2011.
• Internet Resources on Australian Artists
  Links from Artcyclopedia. Chronological listing.
• In the Artist’s Footsteps
  ‘Being developed for art lovers and students throughout the world to gain an appreciation of the lives and works of Australian artists and the social environments in which they lived and painted’.
• List of Australian Artists
  Links to pages for an alphabetical listing of Australian artists. From Wikipedia.
• Regional Arts Australia
  ‘Regional Arts Australia is the key national body representing the broad and complex interests and concerns of those working with and for the arts in regional, rural and remote Australia’.

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General Sites

• A Comprehensive Resource for Sculptors
  ‘Over 320 pages of resources, tools, over 12 000 links’. Possibly the best sculpture site on the web. How to learn sculpting to professional advice.
• Art Education
  ‘Australian fine art education resource’. Education, forum, magazines, newsletter, search, links to art resources.
  Worth a visit.
• Artwork HQ
  Directories from 1920 Artwork to Zombie Artwork, each providing annotated links for that topic.
• Digital Archive of Art
  20 000 images from architecture, painting, sculpture listed under headings and sub-headings, other links.
• Earth As Art
  NASA and the Landsat satellite. Artistic views of the world.
• Fine Art - World Wide Arts Resources
  Commercial site but other information for those interested in art.
• Getty Museum Art Lesson Plans
  Provides lessons such as Expressing Emotions through Art, Language Through Art, An ESL Enrichment Curriculum, more.
  Excellent resource.
• Incredible @rt Department
  ‘Lessons, Art Stuff, Toolbox, Resources, Cartoons, News, Art Rooms, more’.
• Inside Art
  Art information, artists, colour, paint.
• Olga’s Gallery
  ‘Find over 10 000 works of art. Dedicated to bringing you quality information about artists and their artwork from around the world’. Artist Index, Country Index, Movement Index, Name Index, New Additions, Top 20, links to other resources.
  Exceptional !
• WebMuseum - Famous Artworks Exhibition
  Artist’s index, glossary, themes index. Provides coverage of Western and also Asian art.
• Welcome to @rt junction !
  Art-ifacts, art links, resources, archives, teacher’s help, more.
• Wet Canvas !
  Articles, forums, reference image library, virtual gallery, multiple content areas, videos, newsletter, contests and competitions. Free to register. This gives full access.
• World Art Treasures
  Slide collection of famous art searchable by artists, period, country/city.

National & Regional Art Sites

• Art of Ancient Greece
  Art periods, links to other sources including museum exhibits. You can also check Greek Art for additional information based on several major topics.
• Asian Art
  Basically an online journal. Asian art, its study, feature exhibitions.
• Greek Architecture
  Greek architecture broken into periods, statuary, more.
• Roman Art and Architecture
  Painting, sculpture, architecture. More than 100 images provided.
• Sistine Chapel
  Virtual tour, viewing the majority of Michelangelo’s work.
• The Art of Japan
  Thinkquest. Traditional Japanese Arts using a range of spectacular visual methods. Their historical development. Uses interactive processes.
• Treasures of The Louvre
  Some of the most famous artworks held by The Louvre in Paris. A second site shows some of the Selected Works, where you can ‘Discover thematic selections of artworks from the Louvre collection’; you can do Online Tours or Search the Collection.

Schools of Painting

• Baroque
• Classicism
• Cubism
• Dada
• Expressionism
• Fauvism
• Gothic
• Impressionism
• Realism
• Renaissance
• Romanticism
• Surrealism

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