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Art and Design Quiz - Famous Artists 2 (Questions)

This quiz addresses the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 in Art and Design for children aged 5, 6 and 7 in years 1 and 2. Specifically this quiz is aimed at the section dealing with knowing about great artists, craft makers and designers, and understanding the historical and cultural development of their art forms. It is the second of two quizzes focusing on famous historical artists and their works.

Studying art and design is partly about learning new techniques like shading or colour mixing, and partly about learning about the development of art over the centuries. One aspect of this is some of the great historical artists whose works have shaped the art world.

1. Which artist famously threw coloured paint at his canvasses?
[ ] Pablo Picasso
[ ] Georges Seurat
[ ] Auguste Renoir
[ ] Jackson Pollock
2. Which artist is known for his still life paintings – mostly of household objects arranged with various fruits?
[ ] Paul Cézanne
[ ] Michelangelo
[ ] Piet Mondrian
[ ] Turner
3. What did the artist Wassily Kandinsky use to show emotion?
[ ] Shade
[ ] Colour
[ ] Lines
[ ] Photographs
4. Edgar Degas is particularly noted for painting what?
[ ] Livestock
[ ] Dancers
[ ] Bowls of fruit
[ ] Aircraft
5. Gustav Klimt sometimes painted using gold paint. His most famous painting from his 'Golden Phases' was called what?
[ ] The Peck
[ ] The Wave
[ ] The Smile
[ ] The Kiss
6. Modigliani was a portrait painter. What did he do to the faces in his paintings?
[ ] Covered them with a veil
[ ] Gave them too many eyes
[ ] Refused to paint them
[ ] Made them very long
7. Georgia O'Keeffe is noted for painting what?
[ ] Trucks
[ ] Cats
[ ] Flowers
[ ] Shoes
8. Henri Rousseau loved to paint scenes set where?
[ ] In the library
[ ] In the shoe shop
[ ] In the post office
[ ] In the jungle
9. Joan Miró was an abstract artist who painted in what style?
[ ] Cartoon and child-like
[ ] Realistic and serious
[ ] Monochrome
[ ] Only in blue
10. What can Pieter Bruegel's paintings tell us?
[ ] How children played in the past
[ ] What he was thinking when he painted them
[ ] How long the painting took to complete
[ ] What colour he liked best

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Art and Design Quiz - Famous Artists 2 (Answers)
1. Which artist famously threw coloured paint at his canvasses?
[ ] Pablo Picasso
[ ] Georges Seurat
[ ] Auguste Renoir
[x] Jackson Pollock
This style was called action painting and was a very bright explosion of colour!
2. Which artist is known for his still life paintings – mostly of household objects arranged with various fruits?
[x] Paul Cézanne
[ ] Michelangelo
[ ] Piet Mondrian
[ ] Turner
His paintings used dark colours and were very serious, until one day a friend persuaded him to paint outside
3. What did the artist Wassily Kandinsky use to show emotion?
[ ] Shade
[x] Colour
[ ] Lines
[ ] Photographs
His paintings are very interesting to look at and are often copied
4. Edgar Degas is particularly noted for painting what?
[ ] Livestock
[x] Dancers
[ ] Bowls of fruit
[ ] Aircraft
He painted several famous paintings of ballet dancers
5. Gustav Klimt sometimes painted using gold paint. His most famous painting from his 'Golden Phases' was called what?
[ ] The Peck
[ ] The Wave
[ ] The Smile
[x] The Kiss
He also produced a similar painting called 'The Hug'!
6. Modigliani was a portrait painter. What did he do to the faces in his paintings?
[ ] Covered them with a veil
[ ] Gave them too many eyes
[ ] Refused to paint them
[x] Made them very long
Modigliani's work was not well-received during his lifetime and only became popular after his death
7. Georgia O'Keeffe is noted for painting what?
[ ] Trucks
[ ] Cats
[x] Flowers
[ ] Shoes
Her paintings of giant flowers and New York skyscrapers are very famous
8. Henri Rousseau loved to paint scenes set where?
[ ] In the library
[ ] In the shoe shop
[ ] In the post office
[x] In the jungle
He was an entirely self-taught artist
9. Joan Miró was an abstract artist who painted in what style?
[x] Cartoon and child-like
[ ] Realistic and serious
[ ] Monochrome
[ ] Only in blue
He also was a sculptor and ceramicist
10. What can Pieter Bruegel's paintings tell us?
[x] How children played in the past
[ ] What he was thinking when he painted them
[ ] How long the painting took to complete
[ ] What colour he liked best
Bruegel painted street scenes which showed children playing together