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Quiz about SemiAbstract and Purely Abstract
Quiz about SemiAbstract and Purely Abstract

Semi-Abstract and Purely Abstract Quiz


Abstract art helps wrench our imagination from the literal, material world into another realm or dimension...or else it's simply a collection of odd shapes...it depends on your perspective...

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
60,595
Updated
May 05 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
1038
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Question 1 of 10
1. His most well-known works are paintings of square and rectangular shapes, often colored red, blue or yellow, and bordered with black lines made with tape strips....who is he? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which fellow has made a career out of painting with white monochrome? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Perhaps more famous for helping her husband, Jackson Pollock, become famous, which of these artists deserves to be well known for her abstract works in their own right? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Name the modern artist known for her earthwork art, amphisculptures and perhaps her most famous work 'Thel'. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. A pupil of Josef Albers, this fellow continued Albers work into the exploration of geometric shapes, particularly circles and lines...what is his name? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This German immigrant to the United States in the 1930s was an important influence on the Abstract Expressionists and was most well known for paintings of large, colored square shapes intermingled with other amorphous shapes. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which modern sculptor's works were often wrought from iron and resembled machinery? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which abstract artist created his own shade of blue? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. He was connected with the Art Informel artists, employed impasto as his technique and was born French Canadian...what is his name? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Her most well-known work consists of a teacup and saucer lined on the inside with fur...what was her name? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. His most well-known works are paintings of square and rectangular shapes, often colored red, blue or yellow, and bordered with black lines made with tape strips....who is he?

Answer: Mondrian

Mondrian was a Dutch artist who helped found the De Stijl movement.
2. Which fellow has made a career out of painting with white monochrome?

Answer: Ryman

Robert Ryman isn't so philosophical about his paintings, but questions rather 'how to paint'...
3. Perhaps more famous for helping her husband, Jackson Pollock, become famous, which of these artists deserves to be well known for her abstract works in their own right?

Answer: Krasner

Lee Krasner was influenced by the Cubists...and can be considered among the founders of the Abstract Expressionist movement, aka the New York school.
4. Name the modern artist known for her earthwork art, amphisculptures and perhaps her most famous work 'Thel'.

Answer: Pepper

Beverly Pepper took the name 'Thel' from a poem by William Blake...'The Book of Thel'.
5. A pupil of Josef Albers, this fellow continued Albers work into the exploration of geometric shapes, particularly circles and lines...what is his name?

Answer: Noland

Kenneth Noland befriended Morris Louis in 1949 in Washington D.C. They both were fascinated in the developing abstract art movement in America, and were profoundly influenced by the stainign techniques of Helen Frankenthaler. This little group of painters has been labled the 'Color Field' painters by posterity...
6. This German immigrant to the United States in the 1930s was an important influence on the Abstract Expressionists and was most well known for paintings of large, colored square shapes intermingled with other amorphous shapes.

Answer: Hoffman

Hoffman taught briefly at UC Berkeley in the 1930s! A rather large collection of his work can occasionally be seen displayed at the art museum on campus...
7. Which modern sculptor's works were often wrought from iron and resembled machinery?

Answer: Smith

David Smith was a very talented painter, but sadly died in a car crash of his own cause...suicide ended his life at 59. How sad!
8. Which abstract artist created his own shade of blue?

Answer: Klein

It's called IKB - International Klein Blue. When in a modern art museum, if you have occasion to espy an entirely blue canvas, you can be sure that this is one of Klein's works.
9. He was connected with the Art Informel artists, employed impasto as his technique and was born French Canadian...what is his name?

Answer: Riopelle

Jean-Paul Riopelle was born in Montreal but has lived in Paris since he was 25 (1948). Art Informel was the European counter-movement to the New York School.
10. Her most well-known work consists of a teacup and saucer lined on the inside with fur...what was her name?

Answer: Oppenheim

Meret Oppenheim was the artist of this undesirable, yet desirable teacup! Thank you for having a try at my quiz, I hope you have enjoyed it. If you want more, please check out my various other quizzes on art...there are quite a few!
Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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