Artist Birthdays

JANUARY

12 – John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)
19 – Paul Cezanne (1839-1906)
Lessons inspired by Paul Cezanne on Teach Kids Art
23 – Edouard Manet (1832-1883)
28 – Jackson Pollock (1912-1956)
Lessons inspired by Jackson Pollock on Teach Kids Art

FEBRUARY

2 – Jose Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913)
Lessons inspired by Jose Guadalupe Posada on Teach Kids Art
3 – Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
8 – Franz Marc (1880-1916)
13 – Grant Wood (1891-1942)
Lessons inspired by Grant Wood on Teach Kids Art
24 – Winslow Homer (1836-1910)
25 – Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)

MARCH

(March is Youth Art Month!)
2 – Theodor (Dr. Seuss) Geisel (1904-1991)
Lessons inspired by Dr. Seuss on Teach Kids Art
6 – Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564)
7 – Piet Mondrian (1872-1944)
Lessons inspired by Piet Mondrian on Teach Kids Art
13 – George Rodrigue (1944-2013)
30 – Francisco de Goya (1746-1828)
30 – Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
Lessons inspired by Vincent van Gogh on Teach Kids Art

APRIL

6 – Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (1483-1520)
12 – Robert Delaunay (1885-1941)
Lessons inspired by Robert Delaunay on Teach Kids Art
15 – Thomas Hart Benton (1889 – 1975)
15 – Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Lessons inspired by Leonardo da Vinci on Teach Kids Art
20 – Joan Miro (1893-1983)
Lessons inspired by Joan Miro on Teach Kids Art
23 – Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851)
24 – Willem de Kooning (1904-1997)
26 – John James Audubon (1785-1851)

MAY

4 – Keith Haring (1958-1990)
Lessons inspired by Keith Haring on Teach Kids Art
9 – Francois Pompon (1855-1933)
Lessons inspired by Francois Pompon on Teach Kids Art
11 – Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Lessons inspired by Salvador Dali on Teach Kids Art
13 – Georges Braque (1882-1963)
14 – Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)
15 – Jasper Johns (1930-)
Lessons inspired by Jasper Johns on Teach Kids Art
21 – Henri Rousseau (1844-1910)
22 – Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)

JUNE

6 – Diego Velazquez (1599-1660)
7 – Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
10 – Maurice Sendak (1928-2012)
11 – John Constable (1776-1837)
13 – Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (1935-)
17 – M.C. Escher (1898-1972)
Lessons inspired by M.C. Escher on Teach Kids Art
25 – Eric Carle (1929-)
Lessons inspired by Eric Carle on Teach Kids Art
28 – Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)

JULY

5 – Chuck Close (1940)
6 – Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)
Lessons inspired by Frida Kahlo on Teach Kids Art
6 – Jamie Wyeth (1946-)
7 – Marc Chagall (1887-1985)
Lessons inspired by Marc Chagall on Teach Kids Art
10 – Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
10 –  James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
10 – Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
12 – Amadeo Modigliani (1884-1920)
Lessons inspired by Modigliani on Teach Kids Art
12 – Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009)
14 – Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
Lessons inspired by Gustav Klimt on Teach Kids Art
15 – Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)
19 – Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
22 – Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
Lessons inspired by Alexander Calder on Teach Kids Art
24 – Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939)
26 – Andy Goldsworthy (1956-)
Lessons inspired by Andy Goldsworthy on Teach Kids Art
28 – Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)
28 – Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)

AUGUST

6 – Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
18 – Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894)

SEPTEMBER

(International Dot Day September 15th)

7 – Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses (1860-1961)
20 – Dale Chihuly (1941-)
Lessons inspired by Dale Chihuly on Teach Kids Art
23 – Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
23 – Louise Nevelson (1900-1988)
27 – Thomas Nast (1840-1902)
29 – Michelangelo da Caravaggio (1571-1610)

OCTOBER

4 – Jean-François Millet (1814-1875)
4 – Frederic Remington (1861-1909)
6 – Romero Britto (1963-)
Lessons inspired by Romero Britto on Teach Kids Art

21. Mary Blair (1911-1978)
22 – N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945)
25 – Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Lessons inspired by Pablo Picasso on Teach Kids Art
27 – Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997)
30 – Alfred Sisley (1839-1899)
31 – Johannes (Jan) Vermeer (1632-1675)

NOVEMBER

4 – Gerard van Honthorst (1592-1656)
Lessons inspired by Gerard van Honthorst on Teach Kids Art
10 – William Hogarth (1697-1764)
11 –  Édouard Vuillard (1868-1940)
14 – Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Lessons inspired by Claude Monet on Teach Kids Art
14 – Sonia Delaunay (1885-1979)
Lessons inspired by Sonia Delaunay on Teach Kids Art
15 – Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986)
Lessons inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe on Teach Kids Art
21 – René Magritte (1898-1967)
Lessons inspired by Rene Magritte on Teach Kids Art
23 – José Clemente Orozco (1883-1949)
26 – Charles Schulz (1922-2000)
28 – William Blake (1757-1827)

DECEMBER

2 – Georges Seurat (1859-1891)
Lessons inspired by Georges Seurat on Teach Kids Art
4 – Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
Lessons inspired by Wassily Kandinsky on Teach Kids Art
8 – Diego Rivera (1886-1957)
12 – Edvard Munch (1863-1944)
12 – Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011)
15 – Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000)
18 – Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Lessons inspired by Paul Klee on Teach Kids Art
31 – Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Lessons inspired by Henri Matisse on Teach Kids Art
31 – Laurel Burch (1945-2007)
Lessons inspired by Laurel Burch on Teach Kids Art

EXACT DATE OF BIRTH UNKNOWN:

Giotto di Bondone (1266/1267-1337)
(Titian) Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (1488/1490-1576)