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Home>Learn>Families>An Eye for Art>Observing Everyday Life

# Observing Everyday Life

Food, friends and families, neighborhoods, work and leisure activities—these are the staples of everyday life. This chapter features artists who have taken notice of the people and objects that make up their world.

Jan Steen and Hendrick Avercamp recorded the sights and sounds of the 17th-century Dutch Republic, while still-life paintings by Osias Beert the Elder, Willem Claesz Heda, and Jan Davidsz de Heem convey the prosperity of their time. Édouard Manet painted people whose very existence was changed by the urban growth of Paris. Mary Cassatt became well known for her paintings of mothers and children in natural poses. Winslow Homer turned his attention to people at work and play, while Wayne Thiebaud pays tribute to the traditions of American life by painting some familiar and delicious treats.

As you consider the diverse artists in this chapter, think about the many ways everyday life inspires art.

Jan Steen and Hendrick Avercamp**1625/1626–1679 (Steen); 1585–1634 (Avercamp)**DutchDownload PDF (14MB)

Osias Beert the Elder, Willem Claesz Heda, and Jan Davidsz de Heem**c. 1580–1624 (Beert); 1593/1594–1680 (Heda); 1606–1683/1684 (Heem)**Flemish (Beert); Dutch (Heda, Heem)Download PDF (15MB)

Édouard Manet**1832–1883**FrenchDownload PDF (10MB)

Mary Cassatt**1844–1926**AmericanDownload PDF (11MB)

Winslow Homer**1836–1910**AmericanDownload PDF (12MB)

Wayne Thiebaud**born 1920**AmericanDownload PDF (7MB)

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John Constable (6.6MB)

Martin Johnson Heade and John James Audubon (7.2MB)

Claude Monet (14.9MB)

Georgia O'Keeffe (10.9MB)

Andy Goldsworthy (6MB)

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Rembrandt van Rijn (10MB)

Canaletto and Giovanni Paolo Panini (11MB)

Jasper Francis Cropsey (12MB)

Thomas Moran and George Catlin (11MB)

Henri Matisse and André Derain (11MB)

George Bellows (14MB)

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Leonardo da Vinci (11MB)

Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun and Jacques-Louis David (8MB)

Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin (14MB)

Chuck Close (7MB)

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Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi (11MB)

Rogier van der Weyden and Raphael (13MB)

Peter Paul Rubens (9MB)

John Singleton Copley and Claude-Joseph Vernet (8MB)

Augustus Saint-Gaudens (9MB)

Jacob Lawrence (8MB)

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Jan Steen and Hendrick Avercamp (14MB)

Osias Beert the Elder, Willem Claesz Heda, and Jan Davidsz de Heem (15MB)

Édouard Manet (10MB)

Mary Cassatt (11MB)

Winslow Homer (12MB)

Wayne Thiebaud (7MB)

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Giuseppe Arcimboldo (12MB)

Johannes Vermeer (8MB)

Joseph Mallord William Turner (7MB)

Pablo Picasso (11MB)

Joan Miró (14MB)

Diego Rivera (11MB)

Romare Bearden (9MB)

Jackson Pollock (19MB)

Roy Lichtenstein (8MB)

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Edgar Degas (8MB)

Alexander Calder (6MB)

Dan Flavin (3MB)

Martin Puryear (6MB)

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