Famous Painters and Artworks Quiz
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Who painted the famous artwork 'The Mona Lisa'?

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Claude Monet
  • Leonardo da Vinci (correct)
  • Vincent van Gogh

In which museum is 'The Mona Lisa' currently on display?

  • The Louvre, Paris (correct)
  • The British Museum, London
  • The Uffizi Gallery, Florence
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Which famous artist painted 'Starry Night' from memory?

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Leonardo da Vinci
  • Vincent van Gogh (correct)
  • Michelangelo

'Portrait de L'artiste Sans Barbe' is a notable painting by which artist?

<p>Vincent van Gogh (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Portrait de L'artiste Sans Barbe' is significant because it depicts the artist without what characteristic?

<p>Beard (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Portrait de L'artiste Sans Barbe' is one of the most expensive paintings ever sold, fetching how much in 1998?

<p>$71.5 million (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which French writer is best known for creating characters of moral ambiguity in his realist works?

<p>Honore de Balzac (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was the American poet and writer known for his unique account of living close to nature in 'Walden'?

<p>Henry David Thoreau (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which English author wrote about the declining rural life and societal problems of the Victorian era?

<p>Thomas Hardy (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is considered the 'father of American literature'?

<p>Mark Twain (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'War and Peace' and 'Anna Karenina' are famous works by which Russian novelist?

<p>Leo Tolstoy (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Les Misérables' and 'Notre-Dame de Paris' are novels written by which French author?

<p>Victor Hugo (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who painted the famous piece 'The Scream'?

<p>Edvard Munch (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which artist painted a piece that is inspired by the bombing of Guernica, Spain?

<p>Pablo Picasso (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which year did Rembrandt paint 'The Night Watch'?

<p>1642 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What technique did Georges Seurat use in his famous piece?

<p>Pointillism (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Whistler's Mother' is a famous portrait by which artist?

<p>James McNeill Whistler (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is considered the Father of the Italian Language?

<p>Dante Alighieri (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which poet is famous for works like 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and 'Kubla Khan'?

<p>Samuel Taylor Coleridge (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who wrote 'The Casual Vacancy' and 'The Cuckoo’s Calling'?

<p>J.K. Rowling (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which poet's work includes 'Songs of Innocence' and 'Songs of Experience'?

<p>William Blake (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'The Kite Runner' and 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' are notable works of which author?

<p>Khaled Hosseini (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'The Iliad and Odyssey' are attributed to which ancient poet?

<p>Homer (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who painted a series of 250 paintings known as Water Lilies?

<p>Claude Monet (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which Mexican painter is widely considered the greatest Mexican painter of the 20th century?

<p>Diego Rivera (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who painted 'American Gothic', a dry depiction of a farmer and his daughter during The Great Depression?

<p>Grant Wood (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which artist painted 'The Son of Man' in 1964, featuring a face covered by a floating green apple?

<p>Rene Magritte (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'No. 5, 1948' is a chaotic yet revealing piece of art created by:

<p>Jackson Pollock (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Bal du Moulin de la Galette' is one of the most expensive paintings of all time. Who painted it?

<p>Pierre-Auguste Renoir (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Dogs Playing Poker' series was commissioned by which brand in 1903?

<p>Brown &amp; Begelow Cigars (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp' was painted by which artist?

<p>Rembrandt van Rijn (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is best known for writing 'The Great Gatsby'?

<p>F. Scott Fitzgerald (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which author is famous for the detective character Sherlock Holmes?

<p>Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who wrote the classic children's book 'The Wind in the Willows'?

<p>Kenneth Graham (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'A La Recherche du Temps Perdu' is a famous work by which French author?

<p>Marcel Proust (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Pygmalion' and 'Man and Superman' are works by which Irish playwright and wit?

<p>George Bernard Shaw (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'The Importance of Being Earnest' is a satirical play by which Irish writer and poet?

<p>Oscar Wilde (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Tales of Peter Rabbit' is a work by which English conservationist and author?

<p>Beatrix Potter (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'The Lord of the Rings' is a mythical trilogy by which British professor and author?

<p>J.R.R. Tolkien (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is best known for The Chronicles of Narnia?

<p>Lewis (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which American writer's notable works include 'For Whom The Bell Tolls' and 'A Farewell to Arms'?

<p>Ernest Hemingway (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who wrote the famous novel 'Lolita'?

<p>Vladimir Nabokov (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which author is associated with existentialism and absurdism?

<p>Albert Camus (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'The Catcher in the Rye' is the most influential novel of which American author?

<p>J.D. Salinger (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'The Grapes of Wrath' and 'Of Mice and Men' are famous works by which American writer?

<p>John Steinbeck (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Catch 22' is a satirical novel written by whom?

<p>Joseph Heller (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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