Van Gogh at Primary Schools

Beaucoup de gens pensent que Vincent van Gogh était un artiste pauvre... Mais ce n’était pas si terrible! Dans cette brève leçon (de calcul), les élèves découvrent pourquoi.

Age:

8, 9

Course:

Art and design

90 min

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Peindre comme Vincent

En mélangeant eux-mêmes leurs couleurs, les élèves peignent un tableau sur un sujet quotidien tiré de leur propre environnement.

Age:

9 to 13

Course:

Art and design, Language Arts

50 min

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Tricher et copier

Tu peux apprendre beaucoup en copiant de Vincent van Gogh... Durée de la vidéo: 2,5 minutes

Que veux-tu raconter?

Un dessin de Vincent van Gogh raconte en fait une petite histoire. Peux-tu terminer cette histoire? Durée de la vidéo: 2,5 minutes

Cherchez les 5 différences: La Maison Jaune (1)

Un bref jeu d’observation, au cours duquel les élèves doivent examiner de près ‘La Maison Jaune’ de Vincent van Gogh pour découvrir cinq différences.

Cherchez les 5 différences : La Maison Jaune (2)

Un bref jeu d’observation, au cours duquel les élèves doivent examiner de près ‘La Maison Jaune’ de Vincent van Gogh pour découvrir cinq différences. Ensemble 2.

Un tableau en 11 mots

À partir d’un tableau de Vincent van Gogh, les élèves écrivent un ‘onzain’, bref poème de onze mots.

Age:

7 to 12

Course:

Art and design, Language Arts

0 min

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StoryZoo Van Gogh Museum E1: 'The artist: Vincent van Gogh'

StoryZoo characters Bax, Toby and Pepper visit the Van Gogh Museum. They learn all about the famous Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh.

StoryZoo Van Gogh Museum E2: 'Autumn'

StoryZoo characters Bax, Toby and Pepper visit the Van Gogh Museum. In this episode, they discover that Vincent van Gogh loved painting outdoors, even in autumn.

StoryZoo Van Gogh Museum E3: 'Colours'

StoryZoo characters Bax, Toby and Pepper visit the Van Gogh Museum. In this episode, they take a good look at Vincent van Gogh’s use of colours.

StoryZoo Van Gogh Museum E4: 'Painting indoors and outdoors'

StoryZoo characters Bax, Toby and Pepper visit the Van Gogh Museum. In this episode, they investigate paintings that Vincent made indoors and paintings that he made outdoors.

StoryZoo Van Gogh Museum E5: 'Self-portraits, landscapes and still lifes'

StoryZoo characters Bax, Toby and Pepper visit the Van Gogh Museum. In this episode, they take a good look at different kinds of paintings: self-portraits, landscapes and still lifes.

Two rediscovered paintings: colouring pictures

Two colouring pictures of the Van Gogh paintings stolen in 2002, which were rediscovered 14 years later. No specific assignment.

Before Vincent became an artist

A brief description of Vincent's life before he decided to become an artist, with a short quiz at the end.

Age:

9 to 12

Course:

Art and design, Geography, History

10 min

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Do you know Vincent?

A short presentation about Vincent van Gogh, for use as an introduction to other lessons about the artist or his work.

Age:

7 to 12

Course:

Art and design, Geography, History

75 min

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Vincent’s Japanese examples

The pupils use Japanese prints as inspiration for new work of their own, just as Vincent Van Gogh did. They can do this lesson (with video) on their own.

A painting in eleven words

The students write eleven-word poems based on paintings by Vincent van Gogh.

Age:

7 to 12

Course:

Art and design, English

60 min

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Vincent XL

Using a grid drawing made by Vincent van Gogh, the class will enlarge an image of a Japanese figure.

Zoom in

Students discover a painting, starting with the details. During the class discussion, more and more of the painting is revealed. This is based on the Zoom In routine developed by Project Zero, Harvard.

Painting like Vincent

The students will mix their own paints and make paintings of objects from their everyday lives.

Age:

9 to 12

Course:

Art and design, English

10 min

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Mealtime! The Potato Eaters (1)

The students will each make a sketch at home of the evening meal. At school, they will make paintings based on these sketches in the lesson 'Mealtime! The Potato Eaters (2)'. Suggestion: before assigning the homework, give the introductory lesson 'Do you know Vincent?'.

Vincent paints himself

Using Vincent van Gogh's self-portraits, the class will learn about the basic proportions of the face. Then they will paint their own self-portraits.

Vincent's letters

After a brief introduction to the letters between Vincent and his brother Theo, the students write letters about their own art works.

Age:

8 to 11

Course:

Art and design, Handwriting

45 min

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A haiku for Van Gogh

The students will write their own haikus, short poems of 17 syllables at most, inspired by Vincent van Gogh paintings.

Age:

10, 11

Course:

Art and design, English, Language Arts

15 min

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Find the five differences: The Yellow House (2)

In this brief game, the class will take a close look at Vincent van Gogh's painting 'The Yellow House' and then find the differences in five modified versions. Set 2.

Find the five differences: The Yellow House (1)

In this brief game, the class will take a close look at Vincent van Gogh's painting The Yellow House and then find the differences in five modified versions. Set 1.

A portrait without a face

This lesson is about a stolen art work that was rediscovered. It focuses on the question: can a painting of a building also be a kind of portrait?

The rediscovered church

By studying the painting of a church in Nuenen, the class will find out how Vincent van Gogh created the illusion of three-dimensional space on a flat surface. They will learn about proportions and do arithmetic and measurement exercises based on the painting.

The rediscovered sea view

After learning about Van Gogh's View of the Sea at Scheveningen, the students will draw or paint 'sea views' of their own.

Painting the outdoors indoors

Working indoors, the class will paint a subject from the outdoors – just as Vincent van Gogh often did.

How many sunflowers?

This brief lesson about the number of sunflowers in Vincent van Gogh's most famous painting is easy to combine with other lessons or activities.

Vincent's collection

After a brief introduction to Vincent's collection of prints, the class will write museum-style labels for objects they have collected.

Age:

7 to 11

Course:

Art and design, English

15 min

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Find the five differences: The Bedroom

In this brief game, the class will take a close look at Vincent van Gogh's painting 'The Bedroom' and then find the differences in five modified versions.