Art Aims
At English Martyrs’, we want our Art and Design curriculum to instill an appreciation and enjoyment of the visual arts. We want it to stimulate imagination and creativity and involve children in a range of visual, tactile and sensory experiences, which enable them to communicate what they see, think and feel through the use of the elements of colour, texture, form and pattern. At English Martyrs’, Art and Design promotes careful observation and an appreciation of the world around us. Children explore ideas and meanings through studying the work of artists and designers. Through learning about the roles and functions of art, they can explore the impact it has had on contemporary life and on different periods and cultures.
Art and Design Programmes of Study
Art and Design Curriculum Map
Famous Artists
Piet Mondrian
Piet Mondrian was from the Netherlands. Piet Mondrian became a primary school teacher and he painted in his spare time. His early paintings were mainly landscapes, featuring fields, rivers and windmills. Mondrian moved to Paris began to produce the grid-based abstract paintings for which he is best known.
Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Post-Impressionist painter. He was a Dutch artist whose work had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art.
Emily Carr
Emily Carr was a Canadian painter and writer whose lifelong inspiration was the coastal environment of British Columbia.
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the great creative minds of the Italian Renaissance, hugely influential as an artist and sculptor but also immensely talented as an engineer, scientist and inventor.
Paul Klee
Paul Klee was a Swiss-German painter. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included Expressionism, Cubism, and Surrealism.
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