Famous Artists & Paintings Quiz

Question 1

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Accepted Answer

Leonardo da Vinci

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Michelangelo

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Raphael

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Botticelli

Question 2

Vincent van Gogh cut off part of his own ear. Which other famous work did he paint?

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The Starry Night

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Water Lilies

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The Scream

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Girl with a Pearl Earring

Question 3

Which Norwegian artist painted 'The Scream'?

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Edvard Munch

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Gustav Klimt

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

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Egon Schiele

Question 4

Pablo Picasso co-founded which revolutionary art movement?

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Cubism

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Impressionism

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Surrealism

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Expressionism

Question 5

Claude Monet is famous for his series of paintings of what subject?

Accepted Answer

Water lilies and his garden at Giverny

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Sunflowers

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The Eiffel Tower

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Cathedrals in fog

Question 6

Which Dutch Golden Age painter is known for 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'?

Accepted Answer

Vermeer

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Rembrandt

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Rubens

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Frans Hals

Question 7

Frida Kahlo was a celebrated Mexican artist. What was her most famous subject?

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Self-portraits exploring identity, pain, and femininity

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Mexican landscapes

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Political murals

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Abstract geometric forms

Question 8

Salvador Dalí was associated with which art movement?

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Surrealism

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Impressionism

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Cubism

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Abstract Expressionism

Question 9

The Sistine Chapel ceiling was painted by Michelangelo. Which figure is at the centre of the most famous panel?

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Adam

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Jesus Christ

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Moses

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God the Father

Question 10

Which art movement, developed in Paris in the 1860s–70s, rejected academic painting in favour of capturing everyday life and light?

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Impressionism

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Romanticism

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Realism

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Post-Impressionism

Question 11

What is a 'triptych' in art?

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A work of art in three panels

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A painting done in three colours only

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A sculpture made from three materials

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A painting technique using three brush sizes

Question 12

Andy Warhol was a leading figure in which art movement?

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Pop Art

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Abstract Expressionism

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Minimalism

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Conceptual Art

Question 13

The Louvre in Paris houses how many works of art approximately?

Accepted Answer

480,000

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10,000

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35,000

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8 million

Question 14

Which Spanish architect designed the still-unfinished Sagrada Família basilica in Barcelona?

Accepted Answer

Antoni Gaudí

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Rafael Moneo

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Santiago Calatrava

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Pablo Picasso

Question 15

Banksy is a famous anonymous street artist from which country?

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England

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USA

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France

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Italy

Question 16

What painting technique involves applying thick paint directly onto a surface, leaving visible brushstrokes?

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Impasto

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Fresco

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Watercolour

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Gouache

Question 17

Georges Seurat invented which painting technique, using small dots of pure colour?

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Pointillism

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Impressionism

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Chiaroscuro

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Divisionism

Question 18

Which Flemish Baroque painter was known for dramatic paintings of religious subjects and voluptuous figures?

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Peter Paul Rubens

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Jan van Eyck

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder

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Anthony van Dyck

Question 19

The famous painting American Gothic depicts two figures. What is the woman's relationship to the man?

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Daughter

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Wife

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Sister

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Neighbour

Question 20

What are Damien Hirst's 'spot paintings'?

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A series of paintings featuring rows of coloured circles on white backgrounds

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Paintings using only polka-dot patterns in a single random arrangement

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Paintings of measles and chickenpox cells under microscope

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Abstract paintings made by flicking paint onto a canvas