Name the Artist II Trivia Quiz

Answer: Hieronymus Bosch

This strange work, full of monsters and devils, is at the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain.

Answer: Edward Hopper

Hopper painted an America of isolation and loneliness. Nighthawks at the Art Institute of Chicago shows people at an all-night, 'lunch counter' and they appear isolated and lonely. A poster by Gottfried Helnwein 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' uses the same scene but substitutes Humphrey Bogart, James Dean and Marilyn Monroe for Hopper's nameless people.

Answer: Vincent van Gogh

Turbulent swirls of color and darkness are seen in this masterpiece at the Museum of Modern Art, NYC.

Answer: Titian

Titian used rich and glowing colors in his paintings. The shade of red-gold used for the Venus of Urbino's hair was used in many of his paintings and became known as Titian Red. The Venus of Urbino hangs in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.

Answer: Georgia O'Keeffe

Brilliant reds create the shapes that make the Poppy seem almost three-dimensional. The Poppy is at the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Answer: Edvard Munch

The National Gallery, Oslo, Norway is home to 'The Scream'. Munch was a founder of the Expressionist movement. 'The Scream' expresses terror and fear, a lone figure, crossing a bridge, with his mouth opened in a scream.

Answer: Henri Rousseau

In 'The Sleeping Gypsy', at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, despite a lion over looking a young girl asleep on the desert sand, there is no sense of menace. There is almost a dreamlike quality to the picture.

Answer: Auguste Rodin

'The Thinker' is Rodin's most famous work, and his first work to be erected in a public place. It was moved to the Rodin Museum in Paris in 1922.

Answer: Edouard Manet

Manet used Titian's Venus of Urbino as a model for his reclining nude, 'Olympia', that is at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris.

Answer: James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Better known to Americans as Whistler's Mother, this famous painting hangs in the Musee d'Orsay in Paris.