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

Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' (1893) depicts an agonized figure against a blood-red sky.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Answer

Vermeer's 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' (c. 1665) is often called the 'Mona Lisa of the North'.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A pitchfork

Answer

The stern farmer in 'American Gothic' (1930) holds a three-tined pitchfork.

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

Seurat built the image from tiny dots of color, the hallmark of Pointillism.

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

'Guernica' (1937) protests the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica in Spain.

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