Boston school (painting)

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/boston-school-painting

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the artistic classification?Regional American Impressionism with strong academic underpinnings
2. What is the period of activity?Circa 1900-1930
3. What is the Boston school of painting?The Boston school was a group of artists in Boston during the early 1900s who mixed bright, light-filled Impressionist style with careful, traditional figure drawing.
4. Why did Boston school artists paint fancy rooms and pretty ladies?They liked to show peaceful, elegant life and the social status of Boston's rich people, using beautiful interiors and portraits.

Academic Art: Art produced in accordance with the strict principles and traditions taught in European art academies.
Painterly: Characterized by a style in which the brushstrokes are evident and contribute to the overall texture and appearance of the painting.
Aesthetics: A set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty, especially in art.