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Quiz about Spotting a Gauguin
Quiz about Spotting a Gauguin

Spotting a Gauguin Trivia Quiz


This quiz consists of ten questions about certain things in Gauguin's paintings. Each question comes along with the year the picture was painted and where the picture is now housed.

A multiple-choice quiz by pennie1478. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
pennie1478
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
298,997
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
417
Last 3 plays: Sweeper11 (7/10), emmal2000uk (4/10), fado72 (10/10).
Question 1 of 10
1. In "Baby (The Nativity)", what is standing beside the woman and her newborn baby? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. In "Taperaa Mahana", who's sitting on the ground? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What are the puppies drinking milk out of in "Still Life with Three Puppies"? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. There is nothing in the oil painting "Sunflowers" but sunflowers.


Question 5 of 10
5. In "Night Café at Arles", what kind of game table was in the background of the picture? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What is the color of the wall in "Vahine No Te Vi" ("Woman with a Mango")? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. In the portrait of the "Brooding Woman", what animal is behind the woman? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In the pastel drawing of the "Breton Girls Dancing", what was the color of the clothes the girls wore? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. In the painting Gauguin painted of Madame Alexandre Kohler, does she have blond hair?


Question 10 of 10
10. What color is the middle woman wearing in the painting "Three Tahitian Women Against A Yellow Background"? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In "Baby (The Nativity)", what is standing beside the woman and her newborn baby?

Answer: An angel

Gauguin painted this oil painting in 1896. An angel dressed in blue, with blue wings stands beside the mother and her newborn baby as they sit in a barn. This painting has found a home at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia. This is one of two Nativity scenes that Gauguin painted.
2. In "Taperaa Mahana", who's sitting on the ground?

Answer: Six women

Six woman are sitting on the ground in the oil painting Gauguin painted in 1892. Before the "Taperaa Mahana" was housed at The Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia, it was brought from Germany after World War II and joined the collection of several paintings owned by Josef Karl Paul Otto Krebs.
3. What are the puppies drinking milk out of in "Still Life with Three Puppies"?

Answer: Pot

The three puppies in the oil painting are drinking milk out of a sauce pot. Gauguin painted this in 1888 and it is housed in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
4. There is nothing in the oil painting "Sunflowers" but sunflowers.

Answer: False

The painting "Sunflowers", painted in 1901, includes a wall hanging behind the pot of sunflowers and a woman looking through a window. This painting is housed at The Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia. Gauguin painted the sunflowers out of respect for his friendship with Vincent Van Gogh.
5. In "Night Café at Arles", what kind of game table was in the background of the picture?

Answer: Pool table

This picture was painted in 1888 by Gauguin and is housed in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Art in Moscow, Russia.
6. What is the color of the wall in "Vahine No Te Vi" ("Woman with a Mango")?

Answer: Yellow

Gauguin painted "Woman with a Mango" in 1892 and it is housed at the Baltimore Museum of Art in Maryland.
7. In the portrait of the "Brooding Woman", what animal is behind the woman?

Answer: Dog

As well as the dogs behind the woman, there is also a child standing with one of the dogs. Gauguin painted this picture in 1891 and it is housed at the Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts.
8. In the pastel drawing of the "Breton Girls Dancing", what was the color of the clothes the girls wore?

Answer: Blue

The girls were wearing blue dresses with white pilgrim collars and hats. Gauguin drew the pastel in 1888 and the picture is housed at the Rijksmuseam Vincent Van Gogh in the Netherlands. There is also an oil painting of the "Breton Girls Dancing" that is housed in The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
9. In the painting Gauguin painted of Madame Alexandre Kohler, does she have blond hair?

Answer: No

In the picture Gauguin painted in 1887, Madame Alexandre Kohler has brown hair. The picture is housed in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
10. What color is the middle woman wearing in the painting "Three Tahitian Women Against A Yellow Background"?

Answer: White

Gauguin's picture, painted in 1899, is of three women standing together next to each other. The painting is housed at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Source: Author pennie1478

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