This paper deals with the research of Gustav Klimt's art for the purpose of designing art activities for primary school students. The paper is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. The theoretical part explores secession as a period in art with special emphasis to the Viennese Secession. Gustav Klimt, who belongs to the Viennese Secession, and who is the main topic of this thesis, is described in more detail. The chapter on Gustav Klimt describes his childhood, schooling, training, business collaborations, the most famous works and stages of his painting. In the next chapter, four of his works are singled out, and described from an artistic point of view, and these are the works that serve as a stimulus in the design of art activities for primary school students in the practical part of the paper. Given such characteristics of the practical part of the research, in the last chapter of the theoretical part of the paper attention is paid to the curriculum of art education in primary school and possibility of integrating Klimt's works in classes of that subject. In the practical part of the research, four art activities for primary school students are described, which I designed and realized. The goal, problem, outcomes, research methodology, and the course of each individual activity are described with suggestions for possible realization in cooperation with the primary school students.