Art History Trivia Questions
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Which Mexican artist's murals can be found at the Detroit Institute of Arts, which was founded in 1885?
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diego rivera
Which artist's sculpture of Balzac was refused by the society that commissioned it because they didn't think it looked like Balzac?
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auguste rodin
Which wildly eccentric Spanish artist, born in 1904, was greatly influenced by metaphysical art?
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salvador dalí
To which native country did both W. Kandinsky and Marc Chagall return when World War I began?
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russia
Which artist's 'Blue Boy' painting was found to have a hidden small dog using an X-ray?
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thomas gainsborough
Which artist was known for their perceptive analysis of movement?
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edgar degas
In what art movement were Monet and Caillebotte exhibits featured in 1995?
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impressionism
Which museum did Vincenzo Peruggia steal the Mona Lisa from in 1911?
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louvre
What artistic rebirth did 16th century Polish poet Jan Kochanowski help bring to Poland after studying in Italy?
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renaissance
Which famous painting did Vincenzo Peruggia steal from the Louvre in 1911 and keep for 2 years?
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mona lisa
Who is the artist famed for his portraits of George Washington and whose most famous work was never completed?
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gilbert stuart
Which late artist is described in Ultra Violet's memoir 'Famous for 15 Minutes'?
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andy warhol
What type of artwork did Picasso create for the first time with his piece 'Still Life with Chair Caning,' incorporating elements like paper and cloth?
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collage
In what medium did Jon Gnagy become one of the first to teach large numbers of people how to draw?
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television
Which Dutch artist is believed by some experts to have about half of the 711 works attributed to them actually done by others?
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rembrandt
Who is the artist of the 1770 painting 'The Blue Boy' that is displayed at the Huntington Art Gallery in San Marino, California?
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thomas gainsborough
Which powerful work, painted as a protest in 1937, is considered one of Picasso's masterpieces?
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guernica
Which artist's unfinished 'Rondanini Pieta' can be seen at the Castello Sforzesco in Milan?
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michelangelo
Which artist created the 1892 painting "Manao Tupapau" that features a young Tahitian girl and a frightening spirit?
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paul gauguin
Which artist's work was misnamed 'The Night Watch' due to grime darkening its daytime setting?
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rembrandt
Who is the artist known for 'The Blue Boy' whose wife Margaret was believed to be an illegitimate daughter of the Duke of Beaufort?
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thomas gainsborough
Which artist created several pietas in his final years, including a famous one for the Vatican?
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michelangelo
In Botticelli's 'Primavera', which blindfolded cherub is ready to shoot an arrow at the three graces?
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cupid
Which great artist, known for painting the Sistine Chapel, was taught by Bertoldo di Giovanni after his studies under Donatello?
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michelangelo
Which alloy were many of Degas' clay or wax-modeled statues cast in after his death?
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bronze
Which artist is known for the famous American Western art bronze sculpture titled 'Bronco Buster'?
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frederic remington
In which Scandinavian country was Edvard Munch born on December 12, 1863, in Loten?
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norway
Which artist, known for painting 'The Blue Boy,' worked as a restorer of paintings for art dealers in the 1740s?
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thomas gainsborough
What type of wall hanging is 'The Hunt of the Unicorn', a famous example of the mille-fleur style?
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tapestry
Which mountain is featured in Hokusai's famous series 'Thirty-Six Views'?
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mount fuji
Which cubist artist was inspired by the women of Barcelona's Carrer Avinyo to create 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'?
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pablo picasso
Which renowned 20th century Spanish artist painted 'The Blue Room' during his Blue Period?
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pablo picasso
In which city did Canaletto, in the 1730s, paint the quay of the Piazzetta, also his hometown?
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venice
What is the last name of the portrait artist John Singer, who painted his niece Rose-Marie in 'Repose' in 1911?
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john singer sargent
Which muralist began studying at Mexico City's Academy of San Carlos at the age of 10?
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diego rivera
In which capital city was David Roberts, often referred to as the 'Scottish Canaletto,' born in 1796?
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edinburgh
Which artist caused controversy by including the phrase 'God does not exist' in a mural in Mexico City?
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diego rivera
Who painted 'Luncheon on the Grass'?
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Édouard manet
Which Maine artist has the world's largest collection of drawings at NYC's Cooper-Hewitt Museum?
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winslow homer
Which Roman goddess of beauty did Titian paint reclining nude on a bed in 1538?
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venus
Which American artist painted the famous work 'Christina's World' 40 years ago?
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andrew wyeth
Who is the artist known for painting 'Syndics of the Drapers' Guild', which is considered one of the best Dutch group portraits?
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rembrandt
Which artist, known for works like 'The Blue Boy,' was notably influenced by Van Dyck?
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thomas gainsborough
Which artist, known for his ballerina paintings, began to favor pastels after 1880 for their delicate effect?
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edgar degas
Which artist created 'Birth of Venus,' which singer Gloria Trevi recreated with herself as Venus in her 1997 calendar?
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sandro botticelli
In 1985, which city's Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts acquired over 1,000 works by Thomas Eakins?
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philadelphia
Which Cubist painter and sculptor, born in 1881 in Malaga, Spain, was the son of an art professor?
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pablo picasso
What nymph is featured alongside Apollo in one of Bernini's greatest sculptures?
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daphne
What is the name of the body of water after which the school of art founded by Thomas Cole in Catskill, N.Y. is named?
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hudson river
What is the name of the 19th century New York landscape school that eventually spread to Mexico and South America?
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hudson river school
Which Italian master sculpted the 'Dying Slave' in the early 1500s, now located in the Louvre?
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michelangelo
Which British painter, famous for creating 'Blue Boy', was a founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1768?
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thomas gainsborough
Which artist frequently depicted bare bones and desert flowers in her paintings after relocating to New Mexico?
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georgia o'keeffe
In what painting, created by her brother in 1930, did Nan Wood Graham pose?
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american gothic
Which Cretan-born Spanish artist once offered to repaint Michelangelo's 'Last Judgment'?
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el greco
What is the art form that involves setting stones or glass into mortar and was the main decorative art of the Byzantine Empire?
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mosaic
Who was the 80-year-old artist featured in a one-woman show at a New York City gallery in 1940?
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grandma moses
Which Mexican painter collaborated with Ben Shahn on a series of murals in Rockefeller Center in 1933?
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diego rivera
Which artist studied the Jews of Amsterdam and included them in works like the etching 'Christ Preaching'?
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rembrandt
Which great Italian sculptor taught Michelangelo's teacher Bertoldo?
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donatello