Family Activities

Try your hand at coloring scenes that Vincent van Gogh painted by printing out the coloring sheets below. Use your imagination! Next, read about the artist’s life and do a word search based on this biography.

Bedroom Coloring Page (PDF)
Landscape Coloring Page (PDF)
Starry Night Coloring Page (PDF)
Sunflowers Coloring Page (PDF)
Van Gogh biography (PDF)
Van Gogh word search (PDF)

THERE’S MORE!

Visit the websites below for more fun activities. If you want to explore the artist further, visit your local library and ask to see books about Van Gogh. There is so much to learn!

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s interactive page on Van Gogh’s drawings: Learn about Van Gogh’s inspiration and technique, then click to try your own hand with this online sketchpad.

Ever wonder what it’s like to see a painting come to life? Click here and here to watch two interactive animations of Van Gogh’s most famous paintings. 

Van Gogh was born in the Netherlands, a country known for its flat terrain ideal for biking. Today, cycling is one of the most common forms of transportation for the Dutch. Click on the video to see a bicycle path designed with patterns based on a Van Gogh painting.  

Van Gogh’s paintings are known for their bright and vibrant colors. Click here to learn the Dutch name for blue, green, orange, and more—then play a game! 

What do NASA and Van Gogh have in common? Click here to see! This video shows ocean surface currents captured by NASA, but see if it reminds you of one very famous painting.

A fully illustrated catalogue that chronicles the artist’s ongoing relationship with nature throughout his entire career accompanies the exhibition. Vivid color photography and explanatory texts based on new research clarify this central theme of Van Gogh’s oeuvre. The catalogue is published by the Clark and distributed by Yale University Press. Call the Museum Store at 413 458 0520 to order. 

Van Gogh and Nature is made possible by the generous contributions of Denise Littlefield Sobel and Diane and Andreas Halvorsen. Major support is provided by Acquavella Galleries and the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support from Howard Bellin; the Consulate General of the Kingdom of The Netherlands; the Robert Lehman Foundation; and the Netherland-America Foundation. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.