Index : A : Art World Figures

Structure Sub-topic of: People Other encyclopedia entries of interest: Art | Andy Warhol | Frida Kahlo | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | Salvador Dali | Interesting Questions, Facts and Information There are a total of 10 general entries. Frequently Asked Questions & Answers There are 30 user-asked question matches ( goto ) Special Topics The Life of Auguste Rodin Georges-Pierre Seurat Monet's Paintings About Art, and Artists Leonardo: Renaissance Man Michelangelo Nadar, 19th-century photographer, Impressionist fr Van Gogh Pre-Raphaelite Women Aubrey Beardsley Quotes from Artists D. G. Rossetti Marcel Duchamp The Wright Stuff Whistler Artists Artist's Birthplaces Titian People In Art And Fashion The Life and Art of Amedeo Modigliani

Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information

Art World Figures

Who was the first international known female art figure?

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Anguisciola. Sofonisba Anguisciola was a 16th-17th century Italian painter of portraits. In 1623, two years before her death, she sat for a van Dyck portrait. She was well into her nineties at the time!



Which 16th century painter from Milan was famed for his bizarre paintings of human figures which were entirely comprised fruits, vegetables, animals and other objects?

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Arcimboldo. Arcimboldo's works were generally ignored by the art community until they were revived in the 20th century by the Surrealists. Now, his works are so prized that they can be found especially presented in the Louvre!



What American artist was famous for his marvelously colorful 'Birds of America'?

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Audubon. John James Audubon was the illegitimate son of a French sea captain and a Haitian woman. While young, he studied in France under the Neo-Classicist master David, but left that country in 1803 and made his way to America. His masterwork was called 'The Birds of America, from Original Drawings, with 435 Plates Showing 1,065 Figures' (published in four volumes).



Though not a painter in his own right, this French art critic and poet was one of the most important figures of the art world in the early 20th century. Particularly, he did much to help popularize and publicize the works of the Cubists and the Futurists, and he coined the term 'Surrealist'. What was his name?

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Apollinaire. Guillaume Apollinaire did much to raise the stature of such painters as Picasso, Matisse and Braque, some of the founding figures of modern art. In fact, it was Apollinaire whose writings first brought Picasso to the attention of the French public. Sadly, he died at the age of 38 from complications relating to wounds he suffered during World War I.



Though born and raised in Germany, this artist became truly famous after immigrating to America and teaching at both Black Mountain College and at Yale. His most well-known art consisted primarily of plain-colored squares. Who was this 20th-century artist?

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Albers. Josef Albers was a teacher at the Bauhaus for 10 years, and also studied there. He was the first graduate of that institution to propagate the ideas of Bauhaus in the United States.



This French artist of the Dada movement spent much of his art life with his wife Sophie, whom he loved dearly. He was most famous for his work as a sculptor, and found himself associated with the Surrealists as well. What was his name?

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Arp. Jean (or Hans) Arp was married to Saphie Taeuber in 1922 (the two met in 1915). Arp was a founding member of the Dadaist movement and also participated in the 1925 Surrealist exhibition, the first of that movement.



This early 16th century Italian painter was the subject of a Robert Browning poem. He was also roundly criticized by Vasari for being helplessly subservient to his wife. Despite this defamation, he remains one of the great figures of Florentine art of the generation just following Raphael, Michelangelo and Leonardo. Who was he?

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Andrea del Sarto. Andrea del Sarto was born Andria d'Agnolo di Francesco, but was called 'del Sarto' because his father was a tailor. Some of his most magnificent works are housed in the Pitti Palace in Florence. It is likely that Vasari's account of Andrea del Sarto was largely false (something for which Vasari was well-known!)



The famed English art critic John Ruskin referred to this 15th-century Italian artist as a 'saint'. Indeed, in 1984 he was beatified by the Pope. Who was this friar-painter?

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Fra Angelico . Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro) was truly a saintly man by all accounts (Vasari also called him 'saintly'). He was also an industrious artist whose paintings and murals can be seen throughout Florence.



He was considered to be one of the founders of modern architecture, and indeed his was the first printed work on the subject in 1485. What was the name of this great figure?

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Alberti. Leon Battista Alberti was the key Renaissance theorist in the field of architecture and the arts. His 'De Re Aedificatoria' was the work mentioned in the question.

• What is the largest work of art in the world? ( goto )



• The most economical bowling figures in the Cricket World Cup read 12-8-6-1. Who holds this unique record? ( goto )



• In the Australian art world, who won the Archibald Prize in 1980? ( goto )



• Who is credited with being the originator of the term "readymade" in reference to the art world? ( goto )



• Which city has an underground railway that has claimed to be the world's longest art gallery? ( goto )



• A certain (non-Parisian) martyr, in the almost inevitable way of his kind, picked up his head after his execution, tucked it under his arm, and traipsed off home. Today, the site of his once-isolated residence is a much-visited complex that offers important works of art and the burial place of the creator of one of the most famous figures in children's literature. Who was the martyr, what is the complex, and who was the writer? ( goto )



• Which art museum, or which private collector, in the world has the greatest number of paintings and sculptures created before 1900? ( goto )



• What is art? ( goto )



• Is it possible to show the value of "pi" to one million figures? ( goto )



• Which of the Persian kings figures prominently in "The Histories" of Herodotus? ( goto )



• Was Michelangelo's preferred subjects male nude and religious figures? ( goto )



• What are the circulation figures of Time and Newsweek magazines respectively? ( goto )



• July 13 is the anniversary of a grisly event that inspired one of the world's great paintings. What was it, and who executed the work of art? (Please give a site with an illustration.) ( goto )



• Authorities feared that they might have been destroyed, but an announcement today regarding them has had people in the art world sighing in relief. What are they? ( goto )



• Who was the Italian artist who in the first decade after World War II launched a new art style in which the slashing and piercing of paintings was a major technique? ( goto )



• What is the six letter name literally meaning "offices" because the building was originally used as the administrative centre of a certain former state of a now world famous art gallery? ( goto )



• Created in the 18th century and given as a gift to a great ruler, it was reclaimed by compatriots of the original owner and moved during World War II. Then it disappeared. What is this still-missing work of art that was once called "the eighth wonder of the world"? ( goto )



• It is said that in the late 19th century, a certain art-world figure in the U.K. made a significant and now-traditional contribution to the celebration of the first of May. Who was he, and what did he do? ( goto )



• During World War II, with the collections of the National Gallery in London safely hidden in Wales, the Gallery's director decided to offer the public a little taste of art anyway. Who was the director, and what did he do? ( goto )



• Exactly four hundred years after Leonardo started painting "The Mona Lisa", a series of US oil paintings were done that are among the most reproduced works of art in the world. What is this series of paintings called? ( goto )



• Who is this celebrity male who wears glasses (maybe sunglasses), he is also married, with brown hair, travels the world, loves art, always has something in the works, and has a documentry about his life? ( goto )



• A large bush figures prominently on the "Rubber Soul" album cover. What kind is it? ( goto )



• According to the most recent population figures, which is more densely populated, Nigeria or Pakistan? ( goto )



• Who was the originator of historical plays that were based on Roman history of legendary figures and events? ( goto )



• In the world of art history, this man is best known for a charming cycle of paintings depicting the experiences of a devout princess and her unusually large entourage. In the culinary world, he gave his name to a dish supposedly invented at a famous restaurant in the city of his birth. Who was this artist, who was the princess, and what goes into the dish? ( goto )



• At eighteen he lived in a cardboard box and was an unknown graffiti writer. He went on to become one of the most successful, controversial, and glamorous artists in the world. His paintings were sought by collectors and museums alike. The New York Times described him as 'the art world's closest equivalent to James Dean.' He died at the age of 27. Who is he? ( goto )



• Apart from Jesus, what other religious or mythological figures have been resurrected from the dead? ( goto )



• Accurate immigration figures are notoriously hard to come by, but how many people emigrate from Britain each year? ( goto )



• When was the last time that all eleven batsmen of a side reached double figures in one inning of a Test Match? ( goto )



• What is the term for the art of collecting ties? ( goto )