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Expressionist Artists Trivia Quiz

In this quiz I give you some information about a well known Expressionist (or pre-Expressionist/post-Expressionist) artist. You give me his name.

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

Author
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Time
5 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
98,045

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

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Tough

Avg Score
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1421

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Question 1 of 15

1. He was a pre-Expressionist painter. He was born in L�ten, Norway in 1863. He died in Ekely near Oslo in 1944. He painted "The Scream" (1893). Hint

Otto Dix

Emil Nolde

Edvard Munch

Franz Marc

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Question 2 of 15

2. He was a pre-Expressionist painter. He was born in Paris in 1848 and died in Atuana in the South Pacific in 1903. He painted "Otahi" (1893). Hint

Andr� Derain

Kees van Dongen

Maurice de Vlaminck

Paul Gauguin

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Question 3 of 15

3. He was a pre-Expressionist painter. He was born in Groot-Sundert, North Brabant in 1853 and died in Auvers-sur-Oise in 1890. He painted "Self Portrait with Pipe and Straw Hat" (1888). Hint

Kees van Dongen

Vincent van Gogh

Maurice de Vlaminck

George Grosz

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Question 4 of 15

4. He was a pre-Expressionist painter. He was born in Delftshaven, Holland in 1877 and died in Monte Carlo in 1968. He painted "Mika - Nude on the Sofa" (1908). Hint

Kees van Dongen

Oskar Kokoschka

Maurice de Vlaminck

Alfred Kubin

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Question 5 of 15

5. He was a pre-Expressionist painter. He was born in Ostend in 1860 and died the same place in 1949. He painted "Still Life with Blue Jug" (1890-91). Hint

Maurice de Vlaminck

Andr� Derain

James Ensor

Kees van Dongen

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Question 6 of 15

6. He was a pre-Expressionist painter. He was born in Chatou in 1880 and died in Chambourcy in 1954. He painted "Coastal Landscape" (1905-06). Hint

James Ensor

Maurice de Vlaminck

Andr� Derain

Paul Gauguin

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Question 7 of 15

7. He was a pre-Expressionist painter, part of the Fauve movement. He was born in Paris in 1876 and died in La Tourilli�re (Eure-et-Loire) in 1958. He painted "Sailing Boat" (1906). Hint

James Ensor

Kees van Dongen

Maurice de Vlaminck

Andr� Derain

8. He was connected to The "Br�cke" movement. He was born in Aschaffenburg in 1880 and died by suicide in Davos, Switzerland in 1938. He painted "Recumbent Blue Nude with Straw Hat" (1908-09). Hint

Erich Heckel

Emil Nolde

Otto Mueller

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

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Question 9 of 15

9. He was connected to "Die Blaue Reiter" movement. He was born in Moscow in 1866 and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1944. He painted "Composition IV" (1911). Hint

Alexej von Jawlensky

Wassily Kandinsky

Oskar Kokoschka

Alfred Kubin

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Question 10 of 15

10. He was part of "Die Blaue Reiter" movement. He was born near Berne, Switzerland in 1879 and died in Muralto-Locarno (Switzerland) in 1940. He painted "Villa R" (1919). Hint

Franz Marc

Paul Klee

August Macke

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

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Question 11 of 15

11. He was part of "Die Blaue Reiter" movement. He was born in Munich in 1880 and died at Verdun in 1916. He painted "The Two Cats" (1912). Hint

August Macke

Franz Marc

Heinrich Campendonck

Lyonel Feininger

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Question 12 of 15

12. He was part of "Die Br�cke" movement. He was born in Schleswig in 1867 and died there in 1956. He painted "Exotic Figures" (1911). Hint

Max Pechstein

Otto Mueller

Emil Nolde

Erich Heckel

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Question 13 of 15

13. He was an "independent Expressionist". He was born in P�chlarn, Austria in 1886 and died in Villeneuve, Switzerland in 1980. He painted "The Power of Music" (1918). Hint

Alfred Kubin

Oskar Kokoschka

Ludwig Meidner

Karl Hofer

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Question 14 of 15

14. He belonged to the "post-Expressionist" generation. He was attached to the "Neue Sachlichkeit" painters. He was born in Untermhaus bei Gera in 1891 and died in Singen in 1969. He painted "My Parents" (1924). Hint

George Grosz

Alfred Kubin

Max Beckmann

Otto Dix

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Question 15 of 15

15. He was a "post-Expressionist", also part of the Dada movement. He is known for his emphasis on social criticism. He was born in D�beln, Saxony in 1893 and died in Berlin in 1959. He painted "Beauty, I shall praise thee" (part of "Ecce Homo") (1919). Hint

Otto Dix

Ludwig Meidner

Max Beckmann

George Grosz

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. He was a pre-Expressionist painter. He was born in L�ten, Norway in 1863. He died in Ekely near Oslo in 1944. He painted "The Scream" (1893).

Answer: Edvard Munch

Munch is by far Norway�s most famous artist. He wrote in his diaries that he wanted to stop "painting interiors and women knitting". Like the Scandinavian writers of his time (Ibsen, Strindberg) he wanted to reach the core of the unmasked man.

2. He was a pre-Expressionist painter. He was born in Paris in 1848 and died in Atuana in the South Pacific in 1903. He painted "Otahi" (1893).

Answer: Paul Gauguin

Gauguin broke with Monet�s or Pissarro�s Impressionist style. His concern was "the pictorial organization of a painting with the help of colour forms." He lived and painted in the South Sea (French Polynesia) the last part of his life.

3. He was a pre-Expressionist painter. He was born in Groot-Sundert, North Brabant in 1853 and died in Auvers-sur-Oise in 1890. He painted "Self Portrait with Pipe and Straw Hat" (1888).

Answer: Vincent van Gogh

The work of van Gogh is the one of autodidactic originality. He did not allow any compromise with contemporary taste. He once called his style "a little colour music".

4. He was a pre-Expressionist painter. He was born in Delftshaven, Holland in 1877 and died in Monte Carlo in 1968. He painted "Mika - Nude on the Sofa" (1908).

Answer: Kees van Dongen

Van Dongen mostly painted nudes. His connection to the Expressionists is the colours. "He organizes the colours in such a way that they make visible the material quality of the depicted objects". (Quote: M.and D.Gerhardus: "Expressionism").

5. He was a pre-Expressionist painter. He was born in Ostend in 1860 and died the same place in 1949. He painted "Still Life with Blue Jug" (1890-91).

Answer: James Ensor

Ensor is known for his still-lifes (1890-91) and for his pictures of deformed and scary-looking people, such as "Entry of Christ into Brussels" (1888) and "Strange Masks" (1892). His connection to the Expressionists is his concern with colours. He searched for the pure colour tones.

6. He was a pre-Expressionist painter. He was born in Chatou in 1880 and died in Chambourcy in 1954. He painted "Coastal Landscape" (1905-06).

Answer: Andr� Derain

The simple combination of brilliant colours characterizes Derain�s pictures.

7. He was a pre-Expressionist painter, part of the Fauve movement. He was born in Paris in 1876 and died in La Tourilli�re (Eure-et-Loire) in 1958. He painted "Sailing Boat" (1906).

Answer: Maurice de Vlaminck

Vlaminck rebelled against everything and it is said that he never visited the Louvre. He painted in bright colours and in a spontaneous style.

8. He was connected to The "Br�cke" movement. He was born in Aschaffenburg in 1880 and died by suicide in Davos, Switzerland in 1938. He painted "Recumbent Blue Nude with Straw Hat" (1908-09).

Answer: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Kirchner�s work is known for its flat and sketch-like quality, and often hard brightness of the colours and harsh dissonances.

9. He was connected to "Die Blaue Reiter" movement. He was born in Moscow in 1866 and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1944. He painted "Composition IV" (1911).

Answer: Wassily Kandinsky

Kandinsky turned to abstract painting, wanting "the separation of art and the visible world". Thus "the picture itself comes to represent its own visual world". The quotes are from Kandinsky�s "Formfrage" ("The Question of Form"). He is also known for writing "�ber das Geistige in der Kunst" (1912).

10. He was part of "Die Blaue Reiter" movement. He was born near Berne, Switzerland in 1879 and died in Muralto-Locarno (Switzerland) in 1940. He painted "Villa R" (1919).

Answer: Paul Klee

Klee, together with Picasso and Kandinsky, was one of the most versatile artists of the 20th century. He writes about his work: "If my work sometimes create a primitive impression, then that primitiveness is based on my discipline." He also said: "Art does not reproduce the visible, it makes visible". (Quotes are from W.Hess: "Dokumente zum Verst�ndnis moderner Malerei").

11. He was part of "Die Blaue Reiter" movement. He was born in Munich in 1880 and died at Verdun in 1916. He painted "The Two Cats" (1912).

Answer: Franz Marc

Marc�s animal paintings made him very popular.

12. He was part of "Die Br�cke" movement. He was born in Schleswig in 1867 and died there in 1956. He painted "Exotic Figures" (1911).

Answer: Emil Nolde

Emil Nolde (born Emil Hansen) was shy and of a solitary disposition, which soon alienated him from all groups.

13. He was an "independent Expressionist". He was born in P�chlarn, Austria in 1886 and died in Villeneuve, Switzerland in 1980. He painted "The Power of Music" (1918).

Answer: Oskar Kokoschka

Kokoschka�s style in this period has been characterized as "dramatic Impressionism". The combination and opposition of contrasting colours is an important part of this style.

Answer: Otto Dix

Otto Dix� paintings are realistic, but at the same time the figures and people may be deformed; for example, in many of his paintings, people are depicted with unusually large hands.

Answer: George Grosz

Grosz was a leftist and once wrote: "The time will come when the artist is no longer just a bohemian, a woolly anarchist, but a clear, healthy worker in a collectivist society".

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