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Contents : NGA kids insidescoop National Gallery of Art Washington Winter 2007 Pull-out Explore Hendrick Avercamp's painting A Scene on the Ice on view in the National Gallery's West Building. Avercamp was among the first Dutch artists to specialize in depicting winter and to record the landscape and daily activities of the season. Hendrick Avercamp A Scene on the Ice (detail) c. 1625 National Gallery of Art Washington Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund who what how 2 On the Ice The Netherlands (Holland) is laced with canals and rivers that freeze during the winter. In the seventeeth century it was significantly colder there. From about 1550 to 1850 a phenomenon called "the little Ice Age" produced very cold and long winters that alternated with milder ones. So during Avercamp's lifetime waterways froze more often than they do now. Ice fishing riding sleighs ice-skating and kolf were some of the popular outdoor activities enjoyed in seventeenth-century Holland. In A Scene on the Ice Avercamp shows a variety of people working and playing on a frozen river. look closely to find A couple ice-skating Well-dressed ladies in an elegant horse-drawn sleigh trimmed with bells (The horse's head is adorned with plumes of wool and feathers and his shoes are spiked for traction on the slippery surface.) Fishermen trekking across the ice with their poles A group of people loading a sledge with supplies (Because boats were frozen into the ice goods had to be transported across the river with sledges -- large sleds that people could push or horses could pull.) A man fastening his skates gloves removed A pair of boys playing kolf a cross between modern-day hockey and golf (The sport of kolf meaning "club" in Dutch originated in the thirteenth century but became a very popular sport in seventeeth-century Holland. The object was for players to hit a target such as a pole in the ice in the fewest number of strokes. The game was also played on land but the large expanses of ice in winter made ideal courses.) 1 Painting Winter Hendrick Avercamp (1585 1634) lived in the village of Kampen family records there indicate that he was deaf throughout his life. After training in Amsterdam he made a very successful career as an artist devoting himself almost entirely to painting winter scenes. A Scene on the Ice is an example of Avercamp's keen observation of nature and winter activities. Hendrick Avercamp A Scene on the Ice c. 1625 National 3 Gallery of Art Washington Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund Brrr! Avercamp captured the feel of a wintry day. Dressed for the cold the people in his paintings wear gloves and boots -- gentlemen keep warm in top hats or fur caps and wool capes while ladies are clad in hooded cloaks and hand muffs. Snow-covered roofs and smoke from chimneys further indicate the chilly climate. The distant expanse of the ice merges with the cloudy sky. To convey a sense of depth in the landscape Avercamp painted the foreground figures with bright colors using precise brushwork to render the smallest details. Then as the scene recedes the colors become paler the figures less distinct. 4 Imagine Averamp's painting gives us a glimpse into what life was like in early seventeenth-century Holland. Imagine that you could travel back in time to visit this scene. What activities would you choose to do What are some sounds that you might hear What are some things that you might smell How would you dress try this! White snow falls booknook activity Icicles sparkle No school today Time to put on Earmuffs and mittens then Race out to play These books about winter can be found at your local library or bookstore. Snowballs By Lois Ehlert ages 2 and up Wintry Poetry The poem above is an example of an acrostic poem -- one where the first letter of each line forms a word or phrase (vertically). An acrostic poem can describe a subject or even tell a brief story about it. Each line may contain a single word or an entire phrase. Write your own acrostic poem about a winter subject. Snow By P.D. Eastman ages 2 and up It's Winter By Linda Glaser ages 4 and up The Snowy Day By Ezra Jack Keats ages 4 and up Now It Is Winter By Eileen Spinelli illustrated by Mary Newell Depalma ages 4 and up Snow By Uri Shulevitz ages 4 and up First think about things that make the season special for you. What do you like most about winter -- snowflakes sledding hot chocolate Make a list of things that you see or do when it's cold out. For inspiration take a stroll through the West Building galleries to look for winter paintings. Next choose a wintry word to be the subject of your poem. Write the word vertically on a piece of When Winter Comes By Nancy Van Laan illustrated by Susan Gaber ages 4 and up paper. (If you'd like select a word from the bubbles.) Mittens Glistening Gray Frosty Skating Icicles Magical Chill Boots Sled Snowflake Freezing Winter: An Alphabet Acrostic By Steven Schnur illustrated by Leslie Evans ages 4 and up Snowflake Bentley By Jacqueline Briggs Martin illustrated by Mary Azarian ages 6 and up The Kids' Winter Handbook By Jane Drake and Anne Love illustrated by Heather Collins ages 6 and up Artists painting winter top: George Henry Durrie Winter in the Country c. 1859 National Gallery of Art Washington Avalon Fund middle: John Henry Twachtman Winter Harmony c. 1890/1900 National Gallery of Art Washington Gift of the Avalon Foundation Discover Nature in Winter: Things to Know and Things to Do By Elizabeth P. Lawlor illustrated by Pat Archer ages 8 and up bottom: Camille Pissarro Boulevard des Italiens Morning Sunlight 1897 National Gallery of Art Washington Chester Dale Collection Winter Poems Selected by Barbara Rogasky illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman ages 8 and up Then brainstorm words and ideas to include in the poem but don't try to write it yet just list everything that might go with your subject word. After you've gathered your ideas look through the list of words and begin to decide how they might fit into the poem. Work through all the letters in your subject word until you have created a line for each letter. This can be challenging and sometimes a first idea isn't always the best. You may need to rearrange words and phrases to complete your poem.

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