QUESTIONS
- Which artist cut off the lobe of his own ear and later shot himself?
- What nationality were Brueghel and Rubens?
- Which painter had a 'blue period'?
- In which type of paintings did Sir Joshua Reynolds specialise?
- Which legendary artist produced two versions of The Madonna of the Rocks between 1483 and 1508?
- What is the largest oil painting in the world?
- Where in Britain does Graham Sunderland's tapestry Christ in His Majesty hang?
- Which famous painting by Leonardo de Vinci is also known as La Gioconda?
- What was the great painter Michaelangelo's other name?
- The French impressionist Edgar Degas is noted for his paintings of horse racing and what other subject?
- Which actor played Henri Toulouse-Lautrec in the film Moulin Rouge?
- The Thinker and The Kiss were among the works of which sculptor?
- Which English landscape artist painted The Hay Wain and Flatford Mill?
- What style of painting, in which the subject is reduced to basic geometric shapes, was founded by Picasso and Braque?
- Domenikos Theotocopoulos was a Greek-born painter who studied under Titan and then lived and worked in Spain. Under what name is he better known?
- To which school of painting did Dante Gabriel Rossetti belong?
- Sir Jacob Epstein established himself as a sculptor in Britain after studying in Paris. Where was he born?
- To which school of painting did Claude Monet belong?
- Canaletto was famous for his paintings of which city?
- Who designed St. Paul's Cathedral in London, UK?
- Which artist was commissioned by the Italian city of Florence, to sculpt the figure of David?
- What nationality was the painter Goya?
- The French painter Paul Gauguin went to live and paint on a Pacific Island. Which island was it?
- For what subject was the painter Stubbs best known?
- In which branch of the arts did Barbara Hepworth achieve fame?
ANSWERS
- Vincent van Gogh
- Flemish
- Picasso
- Portraits
- Leonardo de Vinci
- Paradise by Tintoretto
- Coventry Cathedral
- Mona Lisa
- Buonarroti
- Ballet dancers
- Jose Ferrer
- Rodin
- John Constable
- Cubism
- El Greco
- Pre-Raphaelite
- United States
- Impressionists
- Venice
- Sir Christopher Wren
- Michelangelo
- Spanish
- Tahiti
- Racehorses
- Sculpture