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History of Impressionist Art Trivia Quiz

This quiz contains questions about the Impressionist Art movement in France and around the world.

A multiple-choice quiz by cathdral03. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
cathdral03

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
54,687

Updated
Dec 28 22

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the name of the academy that represented the status quo in French art and detested the Impressionist movement? Hint

the Opera

the Palace

the Salon

the School of Art

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who is the most famous American-born Impressionist artist? Hint

Alfred Sisley

Berthe Morisot

Edouard Manet

Mary Cassatt

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the leader of France during the Impressionist movement? Hint

Eugene Haussman

Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon III

Charles DeGaulle

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which artist, who was greatly influential on the Impressionist artists, helped start the artistic movement known as Realism? Hint

Eugene Delacroix

Hans Holbein

Antoine Watteau

Gustave Courbet

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which Impressionist artist is famous for painting ballet dancers? Hint

Edgar Degas

Paul Cezanne

Claude Monet

Auguste Renoir

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which artist is known for his lithography of the Moulin Rouge? Hint

Henri Toulouse-Lautrec

Felix Nadar

Emile Zola

Pierre Petit

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which artist is known for painting Rouen Cathedral over 50 different times in all different conditions? Hint

Henri Matisse

Paul Gauguin

Claude Monet

Georges Seurat

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Question 8 of 10

8. What artist painted the picture 'Le Moulin de la Galette'? Hint

Edouard Manet

Paul Cezanne

Auguste Renoir

Alfred Sisley

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Question 9 of 10

9. This artist who was inspired by Impressionism may have shot himself while painting the picture 'Wheatfield with Crows'. What was his name? Hint

Alexandre Cabanel

Pablo Picasso

Vincent Van Gogh

Edvard Munch

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Question 10 of 10

10. What artist, part of the Neo-Impressionist style, created the technique known as Pointillism? Hint

Jean Ingres

Paul Gauguin

Georges Seurat

Eugene Delacroix

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the academy that represented the status quo in French art and detested the Impressionist movement?

Answer: the Salon

The Salon also gave the awards and prizes at official art exibitions.

2. Who is the most famous American-born Impressionist artist?

Answer: Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt was born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1845 and arrived in Paris 1866.

3. Who was the leader of France during the Impressionist movement?

Answer: Napoleon III

Napoleon III, the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, ruled France from 1851 to 1870. His Second Empire was replaced by the Third Empire after his defeat in the Franco-Prussian War.

4. Which artist, who was greatly influential on the Impressionist artists, helped start the artistic movement known as Realism?

Answer: Gustave Courbet

Realism showed the uglier side of life.

5. Which Impressionist artist is famous for painting ballet dancers?

Answer: Edgar Degas

6. Which artist is known for his lithography of the Moulin Rouge?

Answer: Henri Toulouse-Lautrec

7. Which artist is known for painting Rouen Cathedral over 50 different times in all different conditions?

Answer: Claude Monet

8. What artist painted the picture 'Le Moulin de la Galette'?

Answer: Auguste Renoir

9. This artist who was inspired by Impressionism may have shot himself while painting the picture 'Wheatfield with Crows'. What was his name?

Answer: Vincent Van Gogh

10. What artist, part of the Neo-Impressionist style, created the technique known as Pointillism?

Answer: Georges Seurat

Source: Author cathdral03

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