City Night

Question 0

Where did O’Keefe study from 1905 to 1906?

Answer 0

At the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Question 1

Where was O’Keefe born?

Answer 1

Wisconsin

Question 2

Where did O’Keefe study in New York?

Answer 2

At the Art Students League

Question 3

Who did O’Keefe study under at the Art Students League in New York?

Answer 3

William Merritt Chase

Question 4

Who did O’Keeffe see exhibitions of in Stieglitz’s gallery?

Answer 4

Works by Rodin and Matisse in 1908

Question 5

What did O’Keeffe work as in Chicago?

Answer 5

A commercial artist

Question 6

Where did O’Keeffe take a summer class in 1912?

Answer 6

At the University of Virginia

Question 7

Who did O’Keefe study under in at the Teachers College of Columbia University?

Answer 7

Arthur Dow

Question 8

O’Keefe was interested in the progressive approach to art being taught at schools in what states?

Answer 8

Texas, Virginia and South Carolina between 1912 and 1918

Question 9

When did O’Keefe have her first solo at Stieglitz’s gallery?

Answer 9

In April of 1917

Question 10

When did O’Keeffe return to New York?

Answer 10

In 1918

Question 11

When did O’Keeffe make her first trip to the Southwest?

Answer 11

In 1929

Question 12

Where did O’Keeffe move in 1949?

Answer 12

Albiquiu New Mexico

Question 13

What is City Night painted on?

Answer 13

A large oil on canvas

Question 14

What are the colors in City Night?

Answer 14

Black, gray and blue dominate with areas of white for illumination

Question 15

What are the dimensions of City Night?

Answer 15

Four feet high by two and a half feet wide

Question 16

What building is depicted in City Night?

Answer 16

The Shelton Hotel where O’Keeffe and Stieglitz lived

Question 17

What was the symbol of American achievement and progress in the post-war years?

Answer 17

The skyscraper

Question 18

What two skyscrapers were in the United States before O’Keeffe printed City Night?

Answer 18

Flatiron Building in 1903 and the Cass Gilbert’s Woolworth Building

Question 19

How many skyscrapers were constructed in 1925?

Answer 19

45 skyscrapers

Question 20

What did O’Keeffe turn to as her work matured?

Answer 20

Natural world for inspiration

Question 21

What photographers did O’Keefe know through Stieglitz?

Answer 21

Paul Strand, Edward Steichen and Charles Sheeler