Kinder Art
Kinderart: Dripping Paint Action Painting
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.
California State University
Expressionist Art Lesson
Great lesson for upper elementary students who think that all art has to look "real." Through the images of Edvard Munch's work, students come to understand the role emotion can play in creating visually compelling work.
Ducksters
Ducksters: History: Abstract Art for Kids
Kids learn about the Abstract Art movement and its major artist such as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko.
Goshen College
Bird Ritual
This opening art exercise, although intended to increase art fluency, would be a great motivation for a lesson on Brancusi's "Bird in Space."
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: Jackson Pollock
A NewsHour interview with Kirk Varnedoe, curator of painting at the Museum of Modern Art, on the life, work, and influence of Jackson Pollock. The interview revolves around Pollock's breakthrough drip paintings and is interspersed with...
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Guggenheim: Vasily Kandinsky
A biography from the Guggenheim of Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944 CE).