Artists Trivia Quiz

This quiz is about artists and what they are famous for.

A multiple-choice quiz by saxyamy. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
saxyamy

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
49,391

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
11 / 20

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1. Who is famous for painting swimming pools? Hint

David Hockney

Fiona Rae

Andy Warhol

Mark Rothko

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2. Who is known as 'The father of collage'? Hint

Van Gogh

Brunel

Da Vinci

Picasso

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3. Gustave Moreau is famous for painting what? Hint

Mythological scenes

Famous people

Landscapes

Nobility

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4. Which of these is NOT associated with Picasso? Hint

The Rose Period

The Grey Period

Cubism

The Blue Period

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5. Who is famous for the sculpture - 'The Kiss'? Hint

Raphael

Rodin

Murillo

Canova

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6. Who is famous for his 'Action painting'? Hint

Joseph Beuys

Andy Warhol

Piet Mondrian

Jackson Pollock

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7. Who said this - 'I am a representational painter but not a painter of appearances. I paint representational pictures of emotional situations'? Hint

Bridget Riley

Francis Bacon

Howard Hodgkin

Jasper Johns

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8. Who paints upside down? Hint

Keith Haring

Francesco Clemente

Georg Baselitz

Max Ernst

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9. Which art movement came first? Hint

photorealism

context art

installation and video art

pop art

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10. Name of Damien Hirst's first controversial exhibition? Hint

Stuck

Freeze

Motion

Speed

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11. Who painted comic book images blown up to epic proportions? Hint

Roy Lichtenstein

Claus Oldenburg

Andy Warhol

Tom Wesselmann

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12. Who was famous for painting Tahitian women? Hint

Toulouse-Lautrec

Renoir

Gauguin

Signac

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13. What style was Gustave Courbet famous for painting in? Hint

Symbolism

Romanticism

Surrealism

Realism

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14. Who was famous for painting ballet dancers and race horses? Hint

Bonnard

Degas

Corot

Vuillard

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15. Which of these was primarily an architect and engineer, not an artist? Hint

Daumier

Bonnard

Brunel

Delacroix

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16. Stanley Spencer's paintings often depict his home town. What is it called? Hint

Chookham

Crookham

Cookham

Croakham

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17. Louise Bourgeois made giant sculptures of what animal that symbolised her mother?

Answer: (One Word)

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18. Which artist was fascinated with animal anatomy? Hint

JMW Turner

George Stubbs

John Constable

Richard Hamilton

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19. Which artist is famous for single block colour canvases with black outlines ? Hint

Jaskson Pollock

Claes Oldenburg

Jasper Johns

Patrick Caulfield

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20. Hard one to finish.... Which artist won a Grammy for his design on the Beatles' 'Revolver' album cover? Hint

Gary Hume

Klaus Voorman

Philip Guston

Nick Hedges

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who is famous for painting swimming pools?

Answer: David Hockney

Andy Warhol is famous for his Iconic paintings, Fiona Rae for her frenetic abstract paintings and Mark Rothko for his colour field painting.

2. Who is known as 'The father of collage'?

Answer: Picasso

Picasso collaged many textures including wallpaper.

3. Gustave Moreau is famous for painting what?

Answer: Mythological scenes

Gustave Moreau painted on grand canvases - many were left unfinished.

4. Which of these is NOT associated with Picasso?

Answer: The Grey Period

Picasso was born on the 25 October 1881 in Malaga, Spain.

5. Who is famous for the sculpture - 'The Kiss'?

Answer: Rodin

Auguste Rodin's 'The Kiss' can be seen at Tate Modern in London England.

6. Who is famous for his 'Action painting'?

Answer: Jackson Pollock

7. Who said this - 'I am a representational painter but not a painter of appearances. I paint representational pictures of emotional situations'?

Answer: Howard Hodgkin

Howard Hodgkin operates on a very much self created border between abstraction and figuration.

8. Who paints upside down?

Answer: Georg Baselitz

His upside down paintings are frequently of animals.

9. Which art movement came first?

Answer: pop art

Pop art started in the mid 50s. Photorealism in the late 60s, Installation art in the mid 70s and Context art in the early 90s.

10. Name of Damien Hirst's first controversial exhibition?

Answer: Freeze

He placed dead animals suspended in formaldehyde inside glass tanks.

11. Who painted comic book images blown up to epic proportions?

Answer: Roy Lichtenstein

12. Who was famous for painting Tahitian women?

Answer: Gauguin

Gauguin went to Tahiti to paint perfection - what he found there was far from it yet he still painted the dream he had envisioned.

13. What style was Gustave Courbet famous for painting in?

Answer: Realism

Courbet painted everyday life as he saw {it;} not the romanticised images of the Pre-Raphaelites who were painting at a similar time to him.

14. Who was famous for painting ballet dancers and race horses?

Answer: Degas

Edgar Degas made hundreds of studies for his impressionist paintings

15. Which of these was primarily an architect and engineer, not an artist?

Answer: Brunel

Brunel designed part of Paddington Station, London.

16. Stanley Spencer's paintings often depict his home town. What is it called?

Answer: Cookham

17. Louise Bourgeois made giant sculptures of what animal that symbolised her mother?

Answer: Spider

Louise's sculpture 'Maman' of a giant spider was on display between May and November 2000 at TATE Modern, London.

18. Which artist was fascinated with animal anatomy?

Answer: George Stubbs

Stubbs' lifelong fascination with animal anatomy from humans to chickens and even cheetahs led to an accomplished ability to provoke the vivid illusion of the creatures presence on the canvas.

19. Which artist is famous for single block colour canvases with black outlines ?

Answer: Patrick Caulfield

Caulfield paints in acrylic.

20. Hard one to finish.... Which artist won a Grammy for his design on the Beatles' 'Revolver' album cover?

Answer: Klaus Voorman

Klaus Voorman went on to design the cover artwork for the Beatles anthologies.

Source: Author saxyamy

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