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Juan Gris

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Juan Gris game quiz
"The artist Juan Gris. Gris is the second of nineteen focus artists featured in the 2001-2002 US Academic Decathlon curriculum and his featured work is Portrait of Picasso."

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1. Where was Gris born?
    Paris
    Cadiz
    Barcelona
    Madrid


2. Juan Gris was not his real name; what was he born as?
    Jose Peron
    Juan Perez
    Jose Diaz
    Jose Perez


3. Where did Gris study at?
    School of Design in Paris
    The Salon in Paris
    The Academy Julien in Paris
    School of Arts and Industries in Madrid


4. In 1904 or 1905, Gris studied under a master painter. Who was it?
    Auguste Rodin
    Pablo Picasso
    Jose Moreno Carbonero
    Salvador Dali


5. Why did the artist change his name to Juan Gris?
    because he thought Perez sounded too ethnic and he wanted his work to be universal
    because gray was the predominant color in his works at the time
    no one knows
    because he was moody and it reflected his character


6. In 1906, Gris grew impatient with the art world that he was currently living in. He sold everything he had and left that place, almost penniless. Where did he go?
    Madrid
    Paris
    London
    New York City


7. What art dealer represented Gris's works for the majority of the artist's career?
    Schumalker
    Welker
    Picasso represented Gris
    Kahnweiler


8. What art movement is Gris most associated with?
    Surrealism
    Cubism
    Die Brucke
    Fauvism


9. Gris had an illegitimate son; who was the mother of his child?
    Belin
    Marie-Raine
    Josette
    Elise


10. What year did Gris paint Portrait of Picasso?
    1917
    1913
    1912
    1922


11. Gris was plagued by a recurrent disease and he had to undergo a painful surgery because of it. What disease did he have?
    asthma
    tuberculosis
    diabetes
    alcoholism


12. Choose the BEST answer: Which of these artists might have influenced Juan Gris the LEAST?
    Cezanne
    Braque
    Delacroix
    Picasso


13. Which is NOT a well-known artwork done by Gris?
    Woman With Basket
    Still Life With Glass of Beer
    The Man With The Club
    Portrait of Belin


14. Early in his career, Juan Gris worked as a poster-maker, drawing in a style chiefly influenced by who?
    Toulouse-Lautrec
    Seurat
    Gorky
    Watteau


15. All of the following hues are present in Portrait of Picasso EXCEPT...?
    yellow
    violet
    brown
    blue


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