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Famous Artists 2
Pieter Bruegel painted children playing together in some of his paintings.

Famous Artists 2

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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 some of the great historical artists whose works have shaped the art world.

1.
Henri Rousseau loved to paint scenes set where?
In the library
In the shoe shop
In the post office
In the jungle
He was an entirely self-taught artist
2.
Edgar Degas is particularly noted for painting what?
Livestock
Dancers
Bowls of fruit
Aircraft
He painted several famous paintings of ballet dancers
3.
What did the artist Wassily Kandinsky use to show emotion?
Shade
Color
Lines
Photographs
His paintings are very interesting to look at and are often copied
4.
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
Modigliani's work was not well-received during his lifetime and only became popular after his death
5.
Georgia O'Keeffe is noted for painting what?
Trucks
Cats
Flowers
Shoes
Her paintings of giant flowers and New York skyscrapers are very famous
6.
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 color he liked best
Bruegel painted street scenes which showed children playing together
7.
Which artist is known for his still life paintings – mostly of household objects arranged with various fruits?
Paul Cézanne
Michelangelo
Piet Mondrian
Turner
His paintings used dark colors and were very serious, until one day a friend persuaded him to paint outside
8.
Which artist famously threw colored paint at his canvasses?
Pablo Picasso
Georges Seurat
Auguste Renoir
Jackson Pollock
This style was called action painting and was a very bright explosion of color!
9.
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
He also produced a similar apinting called 'The Hug'!
10.
Joan Miró was an abstract artist who painted in what style?
Cartoon and child-like
Realistic and serious
Monochrome
Only in blue
He also was a sculptor and ceramicist
Author:  Angela Smith

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