First grade Gustav Klimt self-portraits in blankets

1st grade artists learned about the life and art of Gustav Klimt. They learned about how he grew up in a large and poor family, how his dad was a gold engraver, how he started off his career designing ceilings in fancy buildings, how he put REAL gold into his paintings, and one of his artworks sold for more money than any painting ever had before!

We were inspired by Klimt's sleeping child artwork so we took photos of ourselves sleeping and put them into a patterned blanket like Klimt's. Then we used his favorite - GOLD to paint the background.

5th grade Gustav Klimt Tree Landscapes

5th graders studied the art of Gustav Klimt. They learned about how his father was a gold engraver which probably started his love of gold. Klimt put gold leaf into many of his paintings and so we used some sparkle in our paintings as well!

After studying "The tree of Life" we created our own tree landscapes with jewels and glitter. They are absolutely frame worthy!