Art W2 - Modern Art (artists)

Question 1

born in Paris on January 23, 1832

Answer 1

Edouard Manet

Question 2

found support from his uncle

Answer 2

Edouard Manet

Question 3

early works were inspired by Gustave Courbet (realist artist)

Answer 3

Edouard Manet

Question 4

artworks during mid 1850s depicted contemporary themes and everyday life situations

Answer 4

Edouard Manet

Question 5

paints people & nature

Answer 5

Edouard Manet

Question 6

“Everything is a mere appearance…”

Answer 6

Edouard Manet

Question 7

born on November 14, 1840 in Paris

Answer 7

Claude Monet

Question 8

entered the Le Havre Secondary School of the Arts on April 1, 1851

Answer 8

Claude Monet

Question 9

long-lasting fascination in observing and painting the light and nature

Answer 9

Claude Monet

Question 10

born on February 25, 1841 in Limoges, France

Answer 10

Auguste Renoir

Question 11

snapshots of real life full of sparkling color and light

Answer 11

Auguste Renoir

Question 12

paint lively groups of figures

Answer 12

Auguste Renoir

Question 13

used the maids in his house as his models

Answer 13

Auguste Renoir

Question 14

Norwegian painter best-known forerunner of expressionism

Answer 14

Edvard Munch

Question 15

tortured by sickness, death, insanity, unhappy love affairs and guilt

Answer 15

Edvard Munch

Question 16

believed that shape, line, and color have emotional properties capable of conveying heightened feelings

Answer 16

Wassily Kandinsky

Question 17

most well–known name in modern art, with the most distinct style and eye for artistic creation

Answer 17

Pablo Picasso

Question 18

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Answer 18

Pablo Picasso

Question 19

focused on still lifes and means of viewing objects from various perspectives through color, line, and texture

Answer 19

George Braque

Question 20

most well-known Dadaist

Answer 20

Marcel Duchamp

Question 21

most known for his brilliant use of colors to attract viewers’ attention

Answer 21

Marc Chagall

Question 22

lively and imaginative

Answer 22

Marc Chagall

Question 23

often combine Cubism and Fauvism

Answer 23

Marc Chagall

Question 24

first of those who invented world of the surrealists and one of the most enduring

Answer 24

Giorgio de Chirico

Question 25

oil painting technique is based on tradition

Answer 25

Salvador Dali

Question 26

sky, water and sand oner white priming

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Salvador Dali

Question 27

abandoning the paintbrush altogether pouring and dripping paints

Answer 27

Jackson Pollock

Question 28

fierce and slashing brushstrokes

Answer 28

Willem de Kooning

Question 29

build up texture, using broad brushes to apply paint thickly, called impasto

Answer 29

Franz Kline

Question 30

prominent figure in pop art

Answer 30

Andy Warhol

Question 31

original comic strip images
that are greatly enlarged in size

Answer 31

Roy Lichtenstein

Question 32

well-known British artist

Answer 32

Bridget Riley

Question 33

distinctive, optically vibrant paintings

Answer 33

Bridget Riley

Question 34

chromatic technique

Answer 34

Bridget Riley

Question 35

achromatic colors (black, white, grey)

Answer 35

Bridget Riley

Question 36

detailed realistic prints that achieve bizarre optical and conceptual effects

Answer 36

Maurits Cornelis Escher (M.C Escher)