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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
    Jose Gonzalez
    Jose Diaz
    Juan Perez


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


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


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


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
    New York City
    London
    Paris


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


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


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


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


11. Gris was plagued by a recurrent disease and he had to undergo a painful surgery because of it. What disease did he have?
    diabetes
    asthma
    tuberculosis
    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?
    Still Life With Glass of Beer
    Woman With Basket
    Portrait of Belin
    The Man With The Club


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


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


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Compiled Mar 02 13