Manet vs. Monet Trivia Quiz

Answer: Monet

Monet painted "Regatta at Argenteuil" in 1874. It hung in the Louvre. Monet loved to paint water and used it as often as he could in his paintings.

Answer: Manet

"Cafe-Concert" was held in the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland. The setting of the painting is the boulevard Rochechouart. An interesting note about the painting is that everyone in the painting is overlapped by someone else, except for the gentleman in the top hat. Manet learned this trick from Degas.

Answer: Manet

"The Spanish Singer" came right after the failure of "The Absinthe Drinker". The Salon loved this painting and it brought Manet great success. "The Spanish Singer" was painted in 1860 and was moved to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Answer: Monet

The year Monet painted this piece was 1867. It was a very hard year for everyone economically, but Monet found that year to be his best year artistically. "The Entrance of the Port of Honfleur" was held in The Norton Simon Foundation in Los Angeles.

Answer: Manet

Manet used "The Absinthe Drinker" as his first attempt to show at the Salon in 1859. The painting was inspired by Baudelaire's "Fleurs du Mal". Due to the subject matter, the Salon rejected Monet's painting.

Answer: Manet

Manet was greeted with hostility when "The Dead Christ with Angels" first appeared at the Salon in 1864. It was moved from the Salon to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Answer: Monet

During the year 1891, Monet was falling deep into a crisis that seemed to resolve itself after his marriage to Alice Hoschede. "Poplars on the Epte" is one of the first paintings in the poplar series.

Answer: Monet

Monet painted "The Breakwater at La Havre" as part of his private collection. Monet was a fan of the sea and of boats.

Answer: Manet

Manet painted "Suicide" in 1881. The painting was held in the Buehrle Collection in Zurich, Switzerland. The painting was bought for 65 francs at an auction for Francois Cabaner, a dying musician.

Answer: Manet

Manet painted the woman before in "Conservatory". The painting "Woman in Fur" is only a half shot of her. The woman in question is Mademoiselle Jules Guillemet. It was painted in 1881 and held in the Kunsthistorisches Museam in Vienna, Austria.