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

Which 15th Century artist is famous for painting the Mona Lisa?

[ ]	Leonardo Da Vinci
[ ]	Leonardo Di Caprio
[ ]	Lenny Kravitz
[ ]	Leo the Lion

Michelangelo was an artist and sculptor. What was one of his most famous pieces of work?

[ ]	The side of the Great Wall of China
[ ]	The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
[ ]	The inside of the Queen's bedroom at Buckingham Palace
[ ]	The Forth Bridge

The Impressionists painted in an unusual but beautiful way. Which one of these was a famous Impressionist?

[ ]	Clarissa Monty
[ ]	Cleo Monday
[ ]	Clara Mand
[ ]	Claude Monet

A famous Impressionist produced a painting called 'Le Café'. What was his name?

[ ]	Paul Alexander Reeves
[ ]	Patrick Arnold Reddy
[ ]	Peter Alfred Renwick
[ ]	Pierre Auguste Renoir

Who painted 'The Starry Night' and 'Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers'

[ ]	Edgar Degas
[ ]	Vincent van Gogh
[ ]	August Rodin
[ ]	Andy Warhol

J.M. W. Turner was a landscape painter who painted in oils and watercolors. He often painted what?

[ ]	Cows and sheep
[ ]	Books and magazines
[ ]	Ships and boats
[ ]	Mountains and castles

Georges Seurat was a French painter who had a particular style. He painted with which of these techniques?

[ ]	Giant, over-sized paintbrushes
[ ]	Lots of tiny dots of color
[ ]	The colors blue and yellow only
[ ]	A blindfold over his eyes

Matisse was a modern French artist who loved using unusual color combinations. His group was called what?

[ ]	The Wild Beasts
[ ]	The Crazy Cats
[ ]	The Unruly Animals
[ ]	The Chaotic Creatures

A modern Dutch artist painted using black lines and blocks of colors. What was his name?

[ ]	Peter Morton
[ ]	Percy Monday
[ ]	Piet Mondrian
[ ]	Perry Mundane

10.

Who painted 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'?

[ ]	Francis Bacon
[ ]	Pablo Picasso
[ ]	Salvador Dali
[ ]	Gustav Klimt

Arts and Crafts: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Famous Artists 1 (Answers)

Which 15th Century artist is famous for painting the Mona Lisa?

[x]	Leonardo Da Vinci
[ ]	Leonardo Di Caprio
[ ]	Lenny Kravitz
[ ]	Leo the Lion

He also painted 'The Last Supper' and designed many things too!

Michelangelo was an artist and sculptor. What was one of his most famous pieces of work?

[ ]	The side of the Great Wall of China
[x]	The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
[ ]	The inside of the Queen's bedroom at Buckingham Palace
[ ]	The Forth Bridge

His most famous sculpture is called 'David', who was a character from the Bible

The Impressionists painted in an unusual but beautiful way. Which one of these was a famous Impressionist?

[ ]	Clarissa Monty
[ ]	Cleo Monday
[ ]	Clara Mand
[x]	Claude Monet

His 'Water Lillies' series is a well-known set of impressionist paintings

A famous Impressionist produced a painting called 'Le Café'. What was his name?

[ ]	Paul Alexander Reeves
[ ]	Patrick Arnold Reddy
[ ]	Peter Alfred Renwick
[x]	Pierre Auguste Renoir

Another of his most famous paintings is called 'Madame Charpentier and her Children'

Who painted 'The Starry Night' and 'Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers'

[ ]	Edgar Degas
[x]	Vincent van Gogh
[ ]	August Rodin
[ ]	Andy Warhol

Van Gogh's paintings are famous around the world but he wasn't really famous until after his death

J.M. W. Turner was a landscape painter who painted in oils and watercolors. He often painted what?

[ ]	Cows and sheep
[ ]	Books and magazines
[x]	Ships and boats
[ ]	Mountains and castles

He is often called 'the painter of light' because of the way he painted

Georges Seurat was a French painter who had a particular style. He painted with which of these techniques?

[ ]	Giant, over-sized paintbrushes
[x]	Lots of tiny dots of color
[ ]	The colors blue and yellow only
[ ]	A blindfold over his eyes

This style was called pointilism. From a distance, the dots can't be seen!

Matisse was a modern French artist who loved using unusual color combinations. His group was called what?

[x]	The Wild Beasts
[ ]	The Crazy Cats
[ ]	The Unruly Animals
[ ]	The Chaotic Creatures

The group was known as this because of their strange and unusual style

A modern Dutch artist painted using black lines and blocks of colors. What was his name?

[ ]	Peter Morton
[ ]	Percy Monday
[x]	Piet Mondrian
[ ]	Perry Mundane

Mondrian was influenced by Cubism and other abstract art

10.

Who painted 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'?

[ ]	Francis Bacon
[x]	Pablo Picasso
[ ]	Salvador Dali
[ ]	Gustav Klimt

Picasso was a very famous modern artist