Vojo Radoičić’s artwork as a stimulus for early and preschool-aged children’s artistic creativity – case study

Art appreciation is an interactive experience, that leads to the development of artistic sensibility, but also encourages creative thinking. Therefore, it is important to expose children to a variety of artistic stimuli that also include artworks. In this paper, posibilities are being researched to use reproductions of Vojo Radoičić’s artworks to encourage art expression in preschool children, as well as the impact of this kind of incentive on the development of creativity and motivation in the tested group of children. Vojo Radoiĉić is a famous artist from Rijeka and an unavoidable figure in the Croatian art scene of the second half of the 20th century. His art expression is characterised as poetic, playful and is well - known for its lively coloring, resulting in his art pieces to often be compared to spontaneous children art expression. The research results showed that the selected artworks as a stimulus for children’s artistic expression had a positive impact on the development of art creativity and motivation in children who participated in the research. These positive qualitative changes can help preschool teachers in planning future art activities in kindergartens