PRELIMS - LESSON 4

Question 1

Born: July 19 1834 Paris France

• Profile: Pointer Sculptor

Died: September 27, 1917 (nge 83 years Paris France

• Quotes: “Art is not what

you see but what you make others see.

Answer 1

Edgar Degas

Question 2

was a french Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings. He also produced bronze sculptures, prints, and drawings.

He is especially identified with the subject of dance: more than half of his works depict dancers

Answer 2

Edward Degas

Question 3

What are edward degas’ famous works

Answer 3

In a cafe
The dancing class
The ballet class

Question 4

•Born: December 12 1863 Adolsbruk Norway

• Profile: Painter

•Died: Jan 23, 1944 age: 80 year’s Oslo, Norway

• Quotes: from my rotting body flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.

Answer 4

Edbard Munch

Question 5

He was a Norwegian painter. His 1893 work The Scream has become one of Western art’s most acclaimed images. His childhood was overshadowed by illness, bereavement and the dread of inheriting a mental condition that ran in the family.

Answer 5

Edbard Munch

Question 6

What are Edbard Munch’s famouse works

Answer 6

The Scream

Anxiety

Sick Mood at Sunset Despair

Question 7

Born: January 28 1912
Cody Wyoming United States

• Profile: Painter

• Died: august 11, 1956 (age 44 years Springs, New York United States

• Quotes: The painting has a life of its own, I try to let it come through.

Answer 7

Jackson Pollock

Question 8

He was an American painter. A major figure in the abstract expressionist movement he was widely noticed for his “drip technique” of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface enabling him to view and paint his canvases from all angles.

Answer 8

Jackson Pollock

Question 9

What are Jackson Pollocks Famous works

Answer 9

Full fathom five
Convergence
Mural

Question 10

Born: October 25 1881 Malaga Spain

• Profile: Painter, Sculptor, Ceramicist, Stage Designer, Poet and a Playwright.

Died: April 8, 1973 (age 91 years Mougins France

Quotes: Everything you can imagine is real

Answer 10

Pablo Picasso

Question 11

He was a Spanish painter sculptor printmaker, ceramicist, and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in france he is also known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture the co invention of collage and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore

Answer 11

Pablo Picasso

Question 12

What are Pablo Picasso’s Famous works

Answer 12

The old guitarist

Girl before a mirror

Portrait of Dora maar

Question 13

Born: July 14, 1862
Baumgarten, Vienna Austrin

•Profile: Painter

Died: February 6, 1918
Age 55 years. ViennoAustrin

Quotes: Truth is like fire to tell the truth means to glow and burn.

Answer 13

Gustav Klimt

Question 14

He was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. He is noted for his paintings, murals sketches and other object’s d’art. His primary subject was the female body and his works are marked by a frank eroticism.

Answer 14

Gustav Klimt

Question 15

What are Gustav Klimt’s famous works

Answer 15

The kiss

Death and life

Judith and the dead of dolofernes

Question 16

Born: July 30 1898 United Kingdom

Profile: sculptor

Died: August 31, 1986
Age 88 years, Perry Green United Kingdom

Quotes: One never knows what
Each day is going to bring. The important thing is to be open and ready for it.

Answer 16

Henry Moore

Question 17

He was one of the most important British artists of the twentieth century and arguably the most internationally celebrated sculptor of the period. He is renowned for his semi-abstract monumental bronzes which can be seen all over the world.

Answer 17

Henry Moore

Question 18

What are Henry Moore’s famous works

Answer 18

King and Queen

Family Group

Large Interior Form

Question 19

Born: May 11, 1904 Figueres, Spain

• Profile: Painter Craftsman

Died: January 23. 1989 (age 84 years Figueres Spain

• Quotes: Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.”

Answer 19

Salbador Dali

Question 20

He was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in his work

Answer 20

Salbador Dali

Question 21

What are Salabador Dali’s Famous works

Answer 21

Metamorphosis of Narcissus

The Persistence of Memory

The Hallucinogenic Toreador

Question 22

•January 19. 1839 Aix en Provence France

• Profile: Painter

Died: October 22, 1906
(age 67 years) Aix-en Provence France

Quotes:: “We live in a rainbow of chaos.

Answer 22

Paul Cezanne

Question 23

he was a French Post Impressionist painter whose work introduced new modes of representation and influenced avant garde artistic movements of the carly 20th century, whose work formed the bridge between late 19th century Impressionism and early 20th century Cubism.

Answer 23

Paul Cezanne

Question 24

What are Paul Cezanne’s famous works

Answer 24

Large Bathers

The Basket of apples

Pyramid of Skulls

Question 25

• December 8 1886Guanajuato Mexico • Profile: Painter Died: November 24, 1957 (age 70 years) Mexico City • Quotes: "i' ve never believed in God but believe in Picasso."

Answer 25

Diego Rivera

Question 26

he was a prominent Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the mural movement in Mexican and international art.

Answer 26

Diego Rivera

Question 27

What are Diego Rivera's famous works

Answer 27

The Making of a fresco, Showing The Building of a City Man at the Crossroads