Printables to Teach Kids About the Expressionists

Expressionism is a great tool to incorporate feelings and emotions with your kids while still learning about the fantastic artwork of that era. Should you need some resources to go alongside your art history lessons, these printables to teach kids about the expressionists will help.

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Many people don’t know that the expressionist movement started in Germany. Although Vincent Van Gogh had been doing this type of art for some time, the expressionist movement wasn’t given a name until the early 1900s.

The artists of this era tried to convey the emotions of anger, anxiety, fear, or even peacefulness through their paintings. Rather than reality, the concept of expressing innermost feelings became an outlet.

Colors became an increasingly powerful aspect of painting to elicit the emotions surrounding the piece. The period in which these artists lived were portrayed in their artwork, as most of them had to flee Germany following World War II. Could you imagine the emotions that surrounded those times?

This is why using printables to teach kids about the expressionists can be a segue to exploring emotions with your students. Before the early 1900s, paintings were about what people visually could see, but this movement explores the minds of artists of the time.

So much goes on in the minds of our kids. Some things we actually may never know. When we can get kids talking about their feelings, we are getting to “know” our kids better.

With expressionism, parents can allow kids to relate colors with feelings. We can help them to express their feelings with painting even if only via the paint strokes, and we can help kids to actually communicate their feelings.

These resources can give you a start in teaching kids about emotions alongside your expressionist study:

How Helping Children Work Through Feelings and Emotions Can Radically Transform Your Homeschool Day

FREE My Feelings and Emotions Tracker

Teaching Kids About Emotions

5 Ways to Teach Your Child About Their Emotions

Grab these printables to teach kids about expressionism:

Modern Art Movement Cards (Art Posters) | Art With Mrs Nguyen

Abstract Expressionism Poster and Expressionism Poster | Daydream Education

What You Can Learn From the Expressionist Art Movement | Draw Paint Academy

Impressionism vs. Expressionism | Owlcation

Discovering Expressionist Techniques | The Art of Education

Expressionist Portraits | KinderArt

The Art of America Homeschool Unit Study: Art of the Mid-Twentieth Century – Abstract Expressionism | Bright Ideas Press

AP Art History Unit 28 (Early 20th century) PPT | Whitney Sheets

Abstract Art Lesson – Abstract Expressionism | A Space to Create Art

3 Kinds of Abstract Expressionism | Mann Art

Compare and Contrast- Abstract Expressionism Art | Art Junkie

Abstract Expressionism Art Lesson FREE | Tabors Art Room

Expressionism Art For Kids FREE Download | Education.com

Emphasis (in Abstract Expressionism) FREE PDF | Miss Logan’s

Abstract Expressionism in Art History – Abstract Art – FREE POSTER | Carol Irvin

Of course, it would be a great disservice to learn about expressionism without learning about the artist involved. Two expressionist groups formed in Germany in the time, one was called The Blue Rider (Der Blaue Reiter), and one was The Bridge (Die Brücke}.

Here are some printables to teach kids about the expressionists from both groups:

Edvard Munch coloring pages | Super Coloring

 Artist Poster on Edvard Munch | Masterpiece Momma

Munch THE SCREAM Art Lesson (from Art History for Elementary Bundle) | Whimsy Workshop Teaching

Famous Artist (Edvard Munch) – Biography Research Project, Interactive Notebook | Project Based Learning with Elle Madison

Vincent Van Gogh for Kids Books and Printable Resources | The Kitchen Table Classroom

Edvard Munch – Sketch & Reflect – Worksheet | The Little Teacher Lady

The Scream Worksheet Edvard Munch | Art Time

Jackson Pollock Artist Study | Homegrown Hearts Academy

Pollock Art Project for Kids | The Crafty Classroom

Jackson Pollock – Famous Artist Biography Research Project, Interactive Notebook | Project Based Learning with Elle Madison

Jackson Pollock Informational Worksheet | The Magnificent Paintbrush

The Art of Jackson Pollock – WebQuest / Internet Scavenger Hunt & Art Project | Innovations in Technology

Pollock (Jackson) 3-Part Art Cards | Montessori Print Shop

Expressionism with Franz Marc | Michael Begenyi

Expressionism. A Revolution in German ArtWomen of Abstract ExpressionismOil Painting in The 21st Century: Impressionism to Neo-ExpressionismThe painting life of Vincent van GoghVincent van Gogh (Revised Edition) (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists)Jackson Pollock (Revised Edition) (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists) (Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists (Revised))Edvard Munch: love and angst

 

You may learn so much about your kids by incorporating their emotions and input with an expressionist study in your homeschool. Using resources on emotions alongside printables to teach kids about the expressionists is a great idea.

More than anything, you can correlate that expressing feelings is healthy, and even the best artists in the world paved the way for us to be able to cope with our emotions. Remember to let them know that the Lord made these feelings for us to have, and it is what we do with them that counts.