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Quiz about GeorgesPierre Seurat
Quiz about GeorgesPierre Seurat

Georges-Pierre Seurat Trivia Quiz


The artist Georges Seurat. Seurat is the fifth of nineteen focus artists featured in the 2001-2002 US Academic Decathlon curriculum and his featured work is 'A Sunday On La Grande Jatte'.

A multiple-choice quiz by SuperRo. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
SuperRo
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
67,889
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
10 / 15
Plays
487
Last 3 plays: Guest 78 (3/15), MrNobody97 (15/15), Guest 77 (3/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. Where was Seurat born? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. In 1875, Seurat began taking municipal drawing classes. Who was his teacher? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. In 1878, Seurat was admitted into university. What was the name of the school? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. Who did Seurat study under at this school? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. What was Seurat's first major work to show the effects of his studies in optical theory? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Where did Seurat go for his year of mandatory military service? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. Did the Salon accept Bathing at Asnieres?


Question 8 of 15
8. What did Seurat help to found? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. He aided Seurat in refining some of his experimentation. Who was Seurat's colleague and considered to be his closest follower? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. The winter of 1884 saw Seurat spending all of his time working on one large canvas. Which work was this? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. What was the artistic technique devised by Seurat?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 12 of 15
12. Which work did Seurat NOT do? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. Which was 'A Sunday on La Grande Jatte' exhibited in? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. Who was Seurat's mistress? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. What did Seurat die of? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Where was Seurat born?

Answer: Paris

Georges-Pierre Seurat was born on December 2, 1859 in paris. His father, Antoine-Chrysostome Seurat, was a property owner and spent most of his time away from home at his garden in La Raincy, where he and his gardener would hold their own Mass.
2. In 1875, Seurat began taking municipal drawing classes. Who was his teacher?

Answer: Justin Lequien

Like most artists, Seurat discovered that he could draw at a young age. Lequien had his students draw pictures of plaster casts of classical sculptures.
3. In 1878, Seurat was admitted into university. What was the name of the school?

Answer: Ecole des Beaux-Arts

He studied under the ultra-academic painter Henri Lehmann, who was a pupil of Ingres.
4. Who did Seurat study under at this school?

Answer: Henri Lehmann

Lehmann gave Seurat as formal an art education as any man could have.
5. What was Seurat's first major work to show the effects of his studies in optical theory?

Answer: Bathing at Asnieres

The Salon rejected it in 1884, leaving Seurat in search of a place to display his art.
6. Where did Seurat go for his year of mandatory military service?

Answer: Brest

There he drew scenes of oceans, beaches, and boats; these themes would resurface in his mature art.
7. Did the Salon accept Bathing at Asnieres?

Answer: No

8. What did Seurat help to found?

Answer: Association des Artistes Independants

He helped to found this after the Salon rejected 'Bathing at Asnieres'.
9. He aided Seurat in refining some of his experimentation. Who was Seurat's colleague and considered to be his closest follower?

Answer: Signac

Signac was very interested in Seurat's techniques.
10. The winter of 1884 saw Seurat spending all of his time working on one large canvas. Which work was this?

Answer: A Sunday on La Grande Jatte

11. What was the artistic technique devised by Seurat?

Answer: pointillism

It was first called Divisionism but is now called Pointillism. Technically, Divisionism is the theory and Pointillism is the technique, but people generally refer to Seurat's art as a whole as Pointillist.
12. Which work did Seurat NOT do?

Answer: La Boulangerie

La Parade is also known as The Side Show. The Circus was Seurat's great unfinished work (unfinished because he died while creating it).
13. Which was 'A Sunday on La Grande Jatte' exhibited in?

Answer: the eighth and final Impessionists exhibition

14. Who was Seurat's mistress?

Answer: Madeleine Knoblock

Jane Avril was a dancer at the Moulin Rouge who knew Henri Toulouse-Lautrec.
15. What did Seurat die of?

Answer: throat infection

His son died of the same infection a few days later.
Source: Author SuperRo

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