Abstract expressionism Teacher Resources

Third graders discover elements in visual art. In this visual art lesson, 3rd graders explore the use of line, shape, and color in visual art. After reviewing works of art, students create unique art pieces. Technology resources provided.

Middle schoolers apply a four step critique process as they observe and make personal decisions about abstract artworks.

Students explore the history and examples of Modern Art. In this Modern Art activity, students read background information about Modern Art and a biography of Andy Warhol. Students complete a criticism and aesthetics, art creation...

Students analyze Pop art and the work of Robert Indiana. For this Pop art lesson, students read about the history of Pop art and a biography of Robert Indiana. Students complete a criticism and aesthetics activity, create their own Pop...

Students demonstrate how to finger paint. In this finger painting lesson, students use various painting tools and their fingers to create a unique art piece.

Students analyze the impact of the New Deal programs in Pennsylvania. In this Great Depression lesson, students examine the New Deal programs and their legacies in Pennsylvania. They relate these programs to the preservation of national...

Students use the Internet to select various works of art around a theme. They create a PowerPoint exhibit of these works and create the written documentation to accompany their presentation. They critique the class exhibits.

In this video [5:13] this exhibition assembles more than 200 works of Abstract Expressionism art made honest artists in the 40s 50s and 60s; the collection of is located in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

This Artcyclopedia site offers a brief overview of Abstract Expressionism and a timeline that links to each artist.

Take the online course Modern and Contemporary Art: 1945-1989 to find out what happens next or experiment with Abstract Expressionist painting techniques in the online course, Materials and Techniques of Postwar painting.

Provides an article on Abstract Expressionism, "the dominant trend in western painting throughout the 1950s."

One-paragraph encapsulation of the basic tenets of abstract expressionism, with mention of some of its major adherents.

This online museum page provides an overview of the artistic form of Abstract Expressionism.

A scavenger hunt that could be used as a review for students. Site provides ten questions on abstract expressionism.

If you visit a museum with a collection of modern and contemporary art, you're likely to see works that sometimes elicit the response, "My cat could make that, so how is it art?" But is it true? Could anyone create one of Jackson...

This lesson will explore Abstract Expressionism and Color Field Painting. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Abstract Expressionism and Color Field Painting."

As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Rosalind Bengelsdorf is described here along with information on her contributions to art through abstract expressionism and her association with Arshile Gorky.

Contains a definition of Abstract Expressionism, some of the artists involved in the movement, and what they were trying to achieve.

This resource provides information about abstract expressionism, its leading practitioners (especially Pollock and de Kooning), and its place in American art during the period from 1940-76.

Students will look at the work of Jackson Pollock as they learn about Abstract Expressionism and Action Painting. They have the opportunity to make their own dripping paint "action" painting.

This video [3:11] discusses the importance of the two factors of scale and of gesture in abstract expressionism that are exemplified in the paintings of Franz Kline. His paintings are usually with a white background and then either only...

This resource offers a study guide on the movements in twentieth-century art after World War II, including abstract expressionism, op art, pop art, minimalism, conceptual art, performance art, photorealism, earth art, neo-expressionism,...

The Luce Foundation Center for American Art in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, presents this short biography, a photographic portrait of the artist and an example painting with a map to its exhibit location in the museum, by the...