Resources for Monet to Matisse: Defying Tradition

In the Classroom

You will be able to access more online resources that respond to the exhibition. These will provide suggestions for responding to works in the exhibition and help you prepare for your visit.

More information about these resources will be released closer to the exhibition date.

Impressionist painting of a garden pond by Claude Monet

AGSA’s Top Tip for responding to Monet to Matisse: Move away from Mimicking the Masters

We want to encourage children to be the artist, think critically and creatively, not replicate what has already been made. Our resources will highlight specific artists and suggest ways students can respond to an artist’s work (the concept or idea) without creating a copy of the artist’s work.

For example, when Monet painted his water lilies series, he wanted to capture nature’s beauty, observing the changing light and textures of a scene. Instead of children copying Monet’s water lilies they could create a drawing or painting that captures the beauty of a place that is special to them.

More resources will be released closer to the exhibition date