Canvas Painting Famous Painting 2

Question 1

Which painting by Edvard Munch is famous for its swirling sky and a figure clutching its face?

Accepted Answer

The Scream

Answer

Starry Night

Answer

The Kiss

Answer

The Wave

Question 2

Johannes Vermeer's most iconic portrait is commonly known as which painting?

Accepted Answer

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Answer

The Milkmaid

Answer

Lady with an Ermine

Answer

Mona Lisa

Question 3

Grant Wood's 'American Gothic' depicts a farmer holding which tool?

Accepted Answer

A pitchfork

Answer

A shovel

Answer

A rake

Answer

A scythe

Question 4

Which painting style is Georges Seurat's 'A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte' a leading example of?

Accepted Answer

Pointillism

Answer

Cubism

Answer

Fauvism

Answer

Surrealism

Question 5

Pablo Picasso's large anti-war mural 'Guernica' was painted in response to the bombing of a town in which country?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Answer

France

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Italy

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Germany

Question 6

Which painting features Venus standing on a giant scallop shell as she emerges from the sea?

Accepted Answer

The Birth of Venus

Answer

Primavera

Answer

The Three Graces

Answer

Venus of Urbino

Question 7

Salvador Dalí's 'The Persistence of Memory' is best known for depicting what?

Accepted Answer

Melting clocks

Answer

Floating apples

Answer

Burning giraffes

Answer

A weeping woman