Fauvism Teacher Resources

Here's a art project that lets kids use bold colors to express their inner wild beasts, and maybe even attract a few wild birds. Using old picture frames, canvases, and screen mesh, young fauvists craft bird feeders and...

Students examine the painting style of Henri Matisse and Fauvism. They view and discuss a PowerPoint presentation on Fauvism and Henri Matisse, conduct Internet research, create a list of characteristics of the Fauvism style, and create...

Learners analyze artworks created by the Fauves to establish the characteristics of this style of art In small groups students work to describe and analyze 5 characteristics of Fauvism and 5 reasons Fauvism was developed. he frthr...

What characterizes modern literature? The first few slides of this 31-slide PowerPoint discuss what sparked the change to Modernism and discuss some of the key figures of the time (like Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud). The 20s and 30s are...

Students discover the influences of mid 19th and early 20th century art styles: Realism, Impressionism, Post / Neo Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism through an analysis of styles, subject matter, and media.

Students research an artist of their choice on the internet. They are provided with questions (worksheets included with the lesson) as a guide for their research. Students choose an artwork by their artist to critique.

Students research an art style. They create an original short story, poem, or personal essay and illustrate the written work with the style of art they researched.

Combine art and science with this cell structure assignment. Learners depict a cell diagram, including the organelles, imitating a specific artist's style. 

Young scholars assess the many benefits and drawbacks of reproducing works of art, such as sculpture and paintings, on CD-ROMs and on the Internet, as well as explore art history via these computer technologies.

Students discover how art auctions have become competitive after reading an article from The New York Times. Students voice their opinions about specific examples of modern art and create trading cards based on their research of...

Students paint portraits in the style of Rouault.

Students study several of Marc Chagall's paintings with an emphasis on his use of symbolic color and of space. They explore learn basic techniques for using Scholar colored pencils, and create an artwork using a baseball theme.

Pupils create portraits using brown construction paper, paints, and brushes in this 4th through 6th grade Art lesson. Emphasis is placed upon the artwork of Georges Rouault and the lesson includes resource links for background information.

First graders design projects based on work of Van Gogh.  For this Van Gogh arts lesson, 1st graders review and and model artwork prior to creating their own landscape project in watercolor.  

Artcyclopedia gives a brief definition of Fauvism, and offers links to over 20 artists and their works.

On this site you will find a brief definition for what the Fauvism art movement was, along with several examples of Fauvist paintings.

This Discover France site offers a comprehensive definition of Fauvism, links to other Fauve sites, and a list of quotes by Fauve artists.

Brief explanation of Fauvism and links to web searches for specific artworks.

This site from ibiblio.com provides information on the fauvism art movement with examples given of the primary artists and famous painting from that era.

This lesson will explore some movements associated with Expressionism. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Expressionism: Fauvism, The Bridge and the Blue Rider."

This biography of van Gogh expresses his life as one who was important in the formation of Fauvism and expressionism.

A brief encyclopedia article from Wikipedia describing the Fauvism art movement and listing the artists associated with the movement.

Provides an in-depth analysis of Matisse's painting 'The Red Studio'. As well, there is additional information provided from an audio guide conversation held by two art critics. [9:10]