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History of Impressionist Art Trivia Quiz

This quiz contains questions about the Impressionist Art movement in France and around the world.

A multiple-choice quiz by cathdral03. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
cathdral03

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
54,687

Updated
Dec 28 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
2782

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the name of the academy that represented the status quo in French art and detested the Impressionist movement? Hint

the Salon

the School of Art

the Palace

the Opera

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who is the most famous American-born Impressionist artist? Hint

Mary Cassatt

Edouard Manet

Alfred Sisley

Berthe Morisot

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the leader of France during the Impressionist movement? Hint

Napoleon Bonaparte

Eugene Haussman

Charles DeGaulle

Napoleon III

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which artist, who was greatly influential on the Impressionist artists, helped start the artistic movement known as Realism? Hint

Hans Holbein

Eugene Delacroix

Gustave Courbet

Antoine Watteau

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which Impressionist artist is famous for painting ballet dancers? Hint

Claude Monet

Auguste Renoir

Paul Cezanne

Edgar Degas

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which artist is known for his lithography of the Moulin Rouge? Hint

Emile Zola

Henri Toulouse-Lautrec

Felix Nadar

Pierre Petit

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which artist is known for painting Rouen Cathedral over 50 different times in all different conditions? Hint

Paul Gauguin

Henri Matisse

Georges Seurat

Claude Monet

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Question 8 of 10

8. What artist painted the picture 'Le Moulin de la Galette'? Hint

Paul Cezanne

Edouard Manet

Alfred Sisley

Auguste Renoir

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Question 9 of 10

9. This artist who was inspired by Impressionism may have shot himself while painting the picture 'Wheatfield with Crows'. What was his name? Hint

Alexandre Cabanel

Pablo Picasso

Vincent Van Gogh

Edvard Munch

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Question 10 of 10

10. What artist, part of the Neo-Impressionist style, created the technique known as Pointillism? Hint

Paul Gauguin

Jean Ingres

Eugene Delacroix

Georges Seurat

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the academy that represented the status quo in French art and detested the Impressionist movement?

Answer: the Salon

The Salon also gave the awards and prizes at official art exibitions.

2. Who is the most famous American-born Impressionist artist?

Answer: Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt was born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1845 and arrived in Paris 1866.

3. Who was the leader of France during the Impressionist movement?

Answer: Napoleon III

Napoleon III, the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, ruled France from 1851 to 1870. His Second Empire was replaced by the Third Empire after his defeat in the Franco-Prussian War.

4. Which artist, who was greatly influential on the Impressionist artists, helped start the artistic movement known as Realism?

Answer: Gustave Courbet

Realism showed the uglier side of life.

5. Which Impressionist artist is famous for painting ballet dancers?

Answer: Edgar Degas

6. Which artist is known for his lithography of the Moulin Rouge?

Answer: Henri Toulouse-Lautrec

7. Which artist is known for painting Rouen Cathedral over 50 different times in all different conditions?

Answer: Claude Monet

8. What artist painted the picture 'Le Moulin de la Galette'?

Answer: Auguste Renoir

9. This artist who was inspired by Impressionism may have shot himself while painting the picture 'Wheatfield with Crows'. What was his name?

Answer: Vincent Van Gogh

10. What artist, part of the Neo-Impressionist style, created the technique known as Pointillism?

Answer: Georges Seurat

Source: Author cathdral03

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