Painting Research Papers

Pop Artists

• Andy Warhol
• Barbara Kruger
• Chuck Close
• David Hockney
• James Rosenquist
• Jasper Johns
• Peter Max
• Robert Indiana
• Robert Rauschenberg
• Roy Lichtenstein
• Wayne Thiebaud

Abstract Expressionists

• Mark Rothko
• Jackson Pollack

Painting students will research and report on the life and work of an important photographer or inventor who influenced photography. The list above offers a variety of people to choose from.

Papers should follow the Boyer Valley Community School Research Paper Guidelines stylebook. I have several copies in the Art Room. This is essentially the Modern Language Association's format.

Please use at least 3 sources and do not have any of them be Wikipedia or just "Google."
I highly recommend that at least one of your 3 sources be an actual book or periodical.

Painting students should try to find 3 to 5 examples of the photographer's work online, and save JPEGs.

Be careful when doing image-searches online, some photographs may show gratuitous violence or illicit sexuality- I am not encouraging you to look for pictures that may be disturbing or inappropriate for school or for minors, I want you to be able to see examples of the works of these artists, but you should beware that these artists subjects may include "sex, politics, and religion," tragedy, comedy, etc- in other words, expect to find the unexpected. Also, expect to be frustrated by our schools and the AEA's content filters.

Students will have until Friday, April 4 to turn in their first drafts. Final drafts will be due April 11. Painting papers should be 3-5 pages in length.