Beware of Dog Trivia Quiz

Answer: Abraham Teniers

"Barbershop with Monkeys and Cats" is a 1660 painting by Abraham Teniers. Teniers was a Flemish painter best known for his rural and guardroom scenes. Teniers was also known for his comical scenes with monkeys. In "Barbershop with Monkeys and Cats", monkeys are running a salon and tending to cats.

The main feature of the painting is a cat sitting in a chair and looking into a mirror to check out his new haircut.

Answer: Pablo Picasso

"Cat Devouring a Bird" is one of many of Picasso's paintings that serve as an allegory for the Spanish Civil War. In the painting, an angry cat is brutally ripping a bird apart and eating its guts. The cat displays the vicious brutally of the war eating innocent, smaller victims.

Answer: Jakob Bogdani

Jakob Bogdani was a British-Hungarian artist who was well known for his paintings of birds, often unusual and exotic birds. "Cat Among Roosters" is one of a few paintings of Bogdani's that depict the rivalry between birds and cats. In the painting, a single cat is eating a baby chicken as roosters begin to advance on the cat. Three baby chickens are fleeing scene.

The cat decides to stay and fight rather than give up its kill.

Answer: Franz Marc

Franz Marc was an artist best known for his paintings of horses but he also painted cats as well. Oftentimes Marc's cats, such as the one in "The White Cat", were laying in a bed or basket. "The White Cat" shows a pure white cat snuggled up against yellow and red blankets, half asleep.

Answer: Henriette Ronner-Knip

"The Cat at Play" is one of many paintings by Dutch painter Henriette Ronner-Knip, who was famous for her cat paintings. In "The Cat at Play", a small cat is lounging on an end table playing with dominoes. Ronner-Knip was a cat lover and often let her cats roam freely around her house and would paint the adorable things she would catch them doing.

Answer: Theophile Steinlen

"Le Chat Noir" was an infamous poster advertisement for the Le Chat Noir cabaret club in Paris. The poster depicted an angry, mischievous looking black cat staring directly out of the poster. The cat became a well known symbol of the Parisian cabaret club scene that was popular with artists and writers.

Answer: Pierre-Auguste Renoir

"Child with Cat" is one of many paintings by Renoir that features a cat. In this painting, Renoir depicts Edouard Manet's young niece as she cradles and pets a cat in her arms. The painting, while simple, is one of Manet's most famous works because of the joy it depicts and brings.

Answer: Theodule-Augustin Ribot

"The Cook and the Cat" is a realist painting by French artist Theodule-Augustin Ribot. In the painting, a cat is in the act of sneakily stealing a fish from a chef who is oblivious to the cat's intentions. But the cat is focused on the task at hand. This one of many paintings of Ribot's that is set in a kitchen.

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci

"Virgin and Child with Cat" is a famous rough sketch by Leonardo da Vinci. It depicts the Virgin Mary holding the baby Jesus, who is holding a cat. From the sketch, it appears the Virgin was originally looking at Jesus and the cat but was redrawn so that she is looking away from them. The sketch is on display in the British Museum in London.

Answer: Frida Kahlo

"Itzcuintli Dog With Me" is a self portrait by Frida Kahlo. Frida takes up most of the space in the painting but her Itzuintli dog Mr. Xoloti is also featured. Itzuintli dogs are very small, rare dogs that were once popular with the Aztecs. Kahlo was a dog lover and owned a few Itzuintli dogs that would sometimes find themselves in her self portraits.