Welcome
to the
French Impressionist Art
Resource Page

For this assignment, you will need to find out information on:

1. the painter's life

• where & when he was born
• his family background
• his education
• how he started his career as a painter
• other details that influenced his life
• when & how he died

the painter's style and technique

• describe his style of painting
• who or what influenced his painting
• what is he famous for
• is he an impressionist or post-impressionist & why
• other interesting details on his style

his famous paintings

• name some of his famous paintings
• discuss ONE painting in detail

In order to complete this assignment, you have THREE options:

Click on the BOX BELOW labelled with your painter


Do your own search through metacrawler (www.metacrawler.com) and typing in the name of your painter


Visit the WebMuseum (sunsite.unc.edu/wm/paint/auth/) and find your painter.

Edgar Degas	Paul Cezanne	Pierre Renoir
Edouard Manet	Claude Monet	Henri de Toulouse Lautrec
Paul Gauguin	Vincent Van Gogh	Georges Seurat

Please answer the following questions and SEND them when you are finished:

1. Which resources do you normally use for research?

Library books
Internet (World Wide Web)
My own materials

2. How often do you use the Internet (World Wide Web)?

Never before
Several times before
Frequently

3. Did you feel comfortable navigating (moving around) in the World Wide Web?

No, I was often confused.
No, sometimes I got lost.
Yes, it was generally easy to use.

4. How did you choose the information on the World Wide Web?

I read the screen to see if it was useful.
I skimmed the screen to get the main idea.
I didn't read the screen. I just printed it in case it would be useful.

5. If you have a choice, the next time you need to do research, what would you use?

Library books.
Internet (World Wide Web).
My own materials.

6. What did you like most about using the Internet (World Wide Web for research)?

7. Explain the reason for your answer to #4.

8. Explain the reason for your answer to #5.

RESET after you have sent your answers

This page was created by Darlene S. Cardillo on October 27, 1997 and updated on Decemner 9,1997 for the French IV class at the Academy of the Holy Names, Albany, New York.