Major Artists

Question 1

Sandro Botticelli

Answer 1

1444-1510 AD

Florentine painter.

Ex: Fortitude

Question 2

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Answer 2

1475-1564 AD

Italian painter and sculptor.

Ex: David; Pieta.

Question 3

Peter Bruegel

Answer 3

1525-1569 AD

Flemish painter known for his landscapes.

Ex: the Fall of the Rebel Angels

Question 4

Alexander Calder

Answer 4

1898-1976 AD

American sculptor who used motorized pieces.

Question 5

Mary Cassatt

Answer 5

1844-1926 AD

American painter.

Question 6

Paul Cézanne

Answer 6

1839-1906 AD

French artist and prone any figure in the Impressionist movement.

Question 7

Marc Chagall

Answer 7

1887-1985 AD

Russian painter of the Surrealist movement.

Question 8

Salvador Dalí

Answer 8

1904-1989 AD

Spanish Surrealist painter.

Ex: The Persistence of Memory.

Question 9

Edgar Degas

Answer 9

1834-1917 AD

French painter and sculptor who specialized in ballet dancers and horses. Influenced Picasso.

Question 10

Donatello

Answer 10

1386-1466 AD

Italian sculptor who shaped the Renaissance.

Question 11

Albrecht Dürer

Answer 11

1471-1528 AD

German artist and wood engraver.

Ex: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse; Melencolia 1.

Question 12

Fra Angelico

Answer 12

1400-1455 AD

Florentine monk and painter who supervised the frescos at the St. Mark’s convent.

Question 13

Max Ernst

Answer 13

1891-1976 AD

German painter of the Dada movement who shaped the Surrealist movement.

Ex: Two Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale.

Question 14

Thomas Gainsborough

Answer 14

1727-1788 AD

English painter of portraits and landscapes.

Question 15

Paul Gauguin

Answer 15

1848-1903 AD

French post-Impressionist painter who painted scenes of Tahiti.

Ex: “Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?”

Question 16

Frank Gehry

Answer 16

1929-

Canadian born architect who designed the Guggenheim Museum in Spain.

Question 17

Francisco Goya

Answer 17

1746-1828 AD

Spanish painter and generally considered the best painter of his generation.

Question 18

El Greco

Answer 18

1541-1614 AD

Greek painter who settled in Spain. Specialized in cathedral altars and portraits.

Question 19

Edward Hopper

Answer 19

1882-1967 AD

American painter and engraver known for his stark street scenes.

Ex: Early Morning Sunday; Nighthawks

Question 20

Christo Javacheff

Answer 20

1935-

Bulgarian artist who made large scale Earth pieces.

Question 21

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 21

1743-1826 AD

American politician and architect.

Ex: Monticello; University of Virginia

Question 22

Jasper Johns

Answer 22

1930-

American painter of the Pop Art movement and Abstract Expressionists.

Ex: Beer Cans

Question 23

Vasily Kandinsky

Answer 23

1866-1944 AD

Russian born Expressionist painter who founded the Bauhaus school.

A friend of Klee.

Question 24

Paul Klee

Answer 24

1879-1940 AD

Swiss-born avant-garde Expressionist painter who helped found the Bauhaus school.

Question 25

Gustuv Klimt

Answer 25

1862-1918 AD German Art Nouveau painter. Ex: The Kiss

Question 26

Leonardo da Vinci

Answer 26

1452-1519 AD A dude of insane skills. Ex: The Last Supper: Madonna of the Rocks.

Question 27

Edouard Manet

Answer 27

1832-1883 AD French painter who influenced the Impressionist movement. Highly controversial.

Question 28

Franz Marc

Answer 28

1880-1916 AD German-born Expressionist painter with emotional trouble. Ex: Yellow Cow, Blue Horses

Question 29

Henri Matisse

Answer 29

1869-1954 AD French Fauve artist painted who still life work.

Question 30

Joan Miro

Answer 30

1893-1983 AD Surrealist Spanish painter known for his landscapes.

Question 31

Claude Monet

Answer 31

1840-1926 AD French painter and founded of the Impressionist school.

Question 32

Anna Mary Moses

Answer 32

1860-1961 AD American artist who painter who painted landscapes.

Question 33

Edvard Munch

Answer 33

1863-1944 AD Norwegian painter of Expressionist pieces. Ex: The Scream

Question 34

Georgia O'Keefe

Answer 34

1887-1986 AD American painter with a largely SW-motif. Ex: Cow's Skull, Red, White, and Blue.

Question 35

I.M. Pei

Answer 35

1917- Post-Modern Chinese-American architect. Ex: The entrance of the Louvre; the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Question 36

Pablo Picasso

Answer 36

1881-1973 AD Spanish artist who helped found the Cubist movement. Ex: The Three Musicians; Guernica

Question 37

Camille Pissarro

Answer 37

1830-1903 AD French Impressionist known for landscapes.

Question 38

Jackson Pollock

Answer 38

1912-1956 AD American artist whose splatter designs characterize the Abstract Expressionist movement.

Question 39

Harmenszoon Rembrandt

Answer 39

1606-1669 AD Dutch painter. Ex: Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp; The Shooting Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq.

Question 40

Pierre Renoir

Answer 40

1841-1919 AD French painter and founder of the Impressionist movement. Ex: Moulin de la Galette; Bather

Question 41

Peter Paul Rubens

Answer 41

1577-1640 AD Flemish painter of the Baroque era. Ex: Venus and Adonis; The Judgement of Paris

Question 42

Augusta Rodin

Answer 42

1840-1917 AD French sculptor. Ex: The Thinker; The Kiss

Question 43

Mark Rothko

Answer 43

1903-1970 AD Russian-born American painter of the Abstract Expressionist school. A student of Max Weber.

Question 44

George Seurat

Answer 44

1859-1891 AD Painter who was a forerunner of the Impressionist movement and founded the pointillist school. Ex: Un Dimanche à la Grande Jatte

Question 45

Louis Comfort Tiffany

Answer 45

1848-1890 AD American craftsman known for jewelry and stained glass pieces.

Question 46

Vincent van Gough

Answer 46

1853-1890 AD Dutch painter of the post-Impressionist school. Ex: Starry Night; The Sunflowers

Question 47

Andy Warhol

Answer 47

1928-1987 AD Pop artist who helped define a modern aesthetic.

Question 48

Frank Lloyd Wright

Answer 48

1867-1959 AD American architect. Ex: Fallingwater; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Question 49

Hieronymus Bosch

Answer 49

1450-1516 AD Flemish painter. Ex: The Garden of Earthly Delights; Mocking of Christ