Famous Artists Word Search for Art History Fun (Free)

This famous artists word search puzzle is a simple way to enjoy art history fun with your kids.

This free printable activity features 26 famous artists. Your students will look for and circle (or highlight) the names of each artist. It's an excellent educational resource for when you need a quick and easy art activity!

I'm sharing my tips and ideas for using this word search with well-known artists. Hope you and your children enjoy this art worksheet as much as my boys and I have 😊

Simple Way to Boost Art History

If you need a quick and easy way to enjoy art history fun with your students, this free printable famous artists word search is a must-have.

Art time has always been a special part of our homeschool. My boys and I love studying different times periods of art history, as well as learning about the lives of artists.

Over the years, we've used a variety of resources to enrich our homeschool art time (scroll down to see our favorites!). I've documented our art activities in the boys' homeschool portfolios, usually by adding their artwork.

This year, I wanted a few new ways show what what my boys have been learning as part of our homeschool art. And this famous artists word search is one of them!

Learn More About This Famous Artists Word Search

This free printable famous artists word search is on one PDF page. This set includes an answer key.

A colorful border of watercolors frames the word search. A word bank is provided at the bottom of the puzzle.

The 26 famous artists featured in this word search activity are:

• Frida Kahlo
• Jeff Koons
• Henri Matisse
• Andy Warhol
• Claude Monet
• Vincent van Gogh
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Rembrandt
• Pablo Picasso
• Michelangelo
• Salvador Dali
• Paul Cezanne
• Rene Magritte
• Paul Klee
• Georgia O'Keefe
• Jackson Pollock
• Vermeer
• Mary Cassatt
• Edgar Degas
• Paul Gaugin
• Marc Chagall
• Norman Rockwell
• Georges Seurat
• Edvard Munch
• Gustav Klimt
• Yayoi Kusama

Creative Ways to Enjoy This Famous Artists Worksheet

Although this free printable word search looks rather simple, you can easily take it to the next level with a variety of learning fun activities. Word search games can be awesome activities for students!

• Provide a variety fun writing tools for your kids to use to complete this word search. Erasable pens, highlighters, and color pencils are super cool.
• Use the 26 artist names as spelling words for the week.
• Challenge your students to use the names of the artists in a sentence.
• A fantastic thing to do is flip over the word search page and use the back to write sentences, doodle, and other DIY challenges (like crack the code, trivia, and more).

It's a wonderful no-prep resource for using in your:

• art classroom
• homeschool co-op art class
• library or community event
• substitute teaching
• brain breaks
• rainy day fun
• early finishers
• morning work

Recommended Resources for Extending the Learning Fun about Famous Artists

Don't let your art history fun stop with this word search! Books, games, and videos can be excellent ways to keep the learning fun going. Here are some of our favorite materials for famous artists:

Discovering Great Artists: Hands-On Art Experiences in the Styles of Great Masters (10) (Bright Ideas for Learning)A Child's Introduction to Art: The World's Greatest Paintings and Sculptures (A Child's Introduction Series)Who Was Frida Kahlo?Henri Matisse (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)Georges Seurat (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)Salvador Dali (Revised Edition) (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)Michelangelo (Revised Edition) (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)Georgia O'Keeffe (Revised Edition) (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)Pablo Picasso (Revised Edition) (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)Claude Monet (Revised Edition) (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)Vincent van Gogh (Revised Edition) (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)Leonardo da Vinci (Revised Edition) (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)Jackson Pollock (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)Rembrandt (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)Andy Warhol (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Previous Editions)Norman Rockwell (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Previous Editions)Mary Cassatt (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)Paul Cezanne (Revised Edition) (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) (Library Edition) (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Previous Editions)

 

Edgar Degas (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)Paul Klee (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)Johannes Vermeer (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Previous Editions)Paul Gauguin (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)Rene Magritte (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)

 

Get Your Free Printable Famous Artists Word Search Puzzle

Way to go! I'm so excited that you're interested in adding a simple art activity to your learning fun with students.

This free famous artists word search is on 1 printable page. An answer key is also provided.

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