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Henri de Toulouse Lautrec Trivia Quiz

The artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Toulouse-Lautrec is the eighth of nineteen focus artists featured in the 2001-2002 US Academic Decathlon curriculum and his featured work is 'At the Moulin Rouge.'

A multiple-choice quiz by SuperRo. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
SuperRo

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
67,525

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

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Tough

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Question 1 of 15

1. Where was Toulouse-Lautrec born? Hint

Paris

Albi

Marseilles

Bourges

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Question 2 of 15

2. How were Toulouse-Lautrec's parents related to each other? Hint

Nephew and aunt

Second cousins

First cousins

Uncle and niece

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Question 3 of 15

3. From what hereditary disease did Toulouse-Lautrec suffer from? Hint

Tay-Sachs

cystic fibrosis

pyknodystosis

Huntington's disease

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Question 4 of 15

4. Who was Toulouse-Lautrec's first art teacher? Hint

Rene Princeteau

Fernand Cormon

Leon Bonnat

Aristide Bruant

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Question 5 of 15

5. Who was Toulouse-Lautrec's second art teacher? Hint

Rene Princeteau

Leon Bonnat

Fernand Cormon

Aristide Bruant

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Question 6 of 15

6. Who was Toulouse-Lautrec's third art teacher? Hint

Aristide Bruant

Rene Princeteau

Fernand Cormon

Leon Bonnat

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Question 7 of 15

7. Who was the good friend of Toulouse-Lautrec that brought him into the world of cabarets? Hint

Aristide Bruant

Leon Bonnat

Rene Princeteau

Fernand Cormon

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Question 8 of 15

8. When this new cabaret opened, it became Toulouse-Lautrec's favorite place to meet with friends and enjoy the nightlife. What is this famous cabaret?

Answer: (No hint - this is easy!)

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Question 9 of 15

9. Why was Toulouse-Lautrec placed in a sanatorium? Hint

his mother thought it was the only way to keep him from sin

Huntington's disease

alcoholism

drug addiction

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Question 10 of 15

10. Which one of these works did Toulouse-Lautrec NOT paint? Hint

Dance at the Moulin de la Galette

The Laundress

The Gas Lights

Elles Series

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Question 11 of 15

11. In 'At the Moulin Rouge,' which woman has the green face? Hint

May Milton

La Macarona

Jane Avril

La Goulue

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Question 12 of 15

12. Who is NOT seated at the table in 'At the Moulin Rouge'? Hint

Maurice Guibert

La Macarona

La Goulue

Paul Sescau

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Question 13 of 15

13. Did Toulouse-Lautrec put himself into his painting 'At the Moulin Rouge?'

Yes

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Question 14 of 15

14. In 'At the Moulin Rouge,' what is NOT a purpose of the handrail in the painting? Hint

to create an emphasis on the diagonal

to focus attention on La Goulue

to lead the eye of the viewer from the table to May Milton

to give the viewer his place in the scene

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Question 15 of 15

15. How old was Toulouse-Lautrec when he died? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where was Toulouse-Lautrec born?

Answer: Albi

He was born Henri-Marie-Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa to an aristocratic family. Albi is a French cathedral city in the Pyrenees.

2. How were Toulouse-Lautrec's parents related to each other?

Answer: First cousins

The marriage was one of convenience - Adele-Aoe Tapie de Celyran married Alphonse-Charles de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa only to keep money within the family. Possibly as a result of this, they led separate lives after 1868, with Alphonse womanizing and Adele becoming very religious.

3. From what hereditary disease did Toulouse-Lautrec suffer from?

Answer: pyknodystosis

Yes, that is a word. It's a hereditary disease that causes brittle bones and is worsened by inbreeding. While young, Toulouse-Lautrec broke both of his legs and neither leg continued to grow. He matured to have a full-sized body with short legs. He became very sensitive about his appearance.

4. Who was Toulouse-Lautrec's first art teacher?

Answer: Rene Princeteau

In Toulouse-Lautrec's time, for someone of his station, art was supposed to be nothing more than a gentlemanly, leisurely past-time, and his parents did not approve of his art. This was evident in their choice of teachers for their son: his first teacher (Princeteau) was a deaf-mute who painted generic, academic art. Toulouse-Lautrec moved on within a month.

5. Who was Toulouse-Lautrec's second art teacher?

Answer: Leon Bonnat

Bonnat taught students in order to prepare them for the Ecole des Beaux-Arts (France's top art school). Bonnat stressed the importance of drawing as the basis of painting. However, within 6 months, Bonnat became a teacher at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and once again Toulouse-Lautrec had to find a new teacher.

6. Who was Toulouse-Lautrec's third art teacher?

Answer: Fernand Cormon

Cormon also emphasized drawing, but allowed his students quite a bit of leeway in finding their own style. Toulouse-Lautrec quit attending Cormon's studio when he discovered Japanese and avant-garde style art.

7. Who was the good friend of Toulouse-Lautrec that brought him into the world of cabarets?

Answer: Aristide Bruant

Bruant, the owner of a cabaret called Le Mirliton, introduced Toulouse-Lautrec to the world of Montmartre.

8. When this new cabaret opened, it became Toulouse-Lautrec's favorite place to meet with friends and enjoy the nightlife. What is this famous cabaret?

Answer: Moulin Rouge

This was also the point where Toulouse-Lautrec would begin to drink heavily, which would affect him later in life.

9. Why was Toulouse-Lautrec placed in a sanatorium?

Answer: alcoholism

He had become very physically and mentally unfit, and he even experienced severe delirium and hallucinations.

10. Which one of these works did Toulouse-Lautrec NOT paint?

Answer: The Gas Lights

I made that one up...but Toulouse-Lautrec often tried to capture the effects of gas-lit rooms in his works.

11. In 'At the Moulin Rouge,' which woman has the green face?

Answer: May Milton

Toulouse-Lautrec also cut off part of May Milton...this puts emphasis on the fact that she is leaving.

12. Who is NOT seated at the table in 'At the Moulin Rouge'?

Answer: La Goulue

La Goulue is looking in a mirror.

13. Did Toulouse-Lautrec put himself into his painting 'At the Moulin Rouge?'

Answer: Yes

He is walking next to his cousin, Dr. Tapie de Celyran.

14. In 'At the Moulin Rouge,' what is NOT a purpose of the handrail in the painting?

Answer: to focus attention on La Goulue

The handrail also distances the viewer from the subjects by putting a barrier between the scene and the spectator.

15. How old was Toulouse-Lautrec when he died?

Answer: 36

He died on September 9, 1901, leaving behind about 700 oil paintings, 5,000 drawings, and 350 lithographs.

Source: Author SuperRo

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