The task of art education is in developing and refining experiential and creative abilities of students as a basis for acquiring art education and also to train students for the right visual evaluation. Art education encourages students' creative abilities to the present freedom from facts and norms, with an open possibility of performing tasks independently according to their abilities, experiences and interests. Art classes with its activities and the application of modern methods also enables students to create visually - aesthetic self-experience and evaluation of the material values of the society, the achievements of culture and natural beauty. This study is longitudinal, and the topic is the reaction of children to the art works of different artists, in this case the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt. Although the results show that children of cca 9 and 10 years old mostly do not reckognize Gustav Klimt, what is surprising are their generally positive reactions to the works of the famous painter, but also their need to expand their art knowledge that will in the future help them to develop successfully their emotional , intellectual and creative characteristics.