Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/11~

What English Romantic painter, famous for his landscapes, wrote that painting “is with me but another word for feeling”?

What painter (along with David Hare, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, and Mark Rothko) founded the Subjects of the Artist School, a short-lived (1948–9) school aimed at promoting avant-garde art?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/10~

This pioneering figure in the history of modernism flouted the authority of the state by publicly refusing the award of the Legion of Honor, declaring his independence from any form of government.

This painter was one of the principal exponents of Fauvism, however during his lifetime he went on to adopt Cubism and eventually Classism.

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/9~

Which painter of the Dutch Golden Age devoted himself almost exclusively to painting church interiors, using precise perspective?

Which of the founders of the San Francisco Bay Area graphic design movement “Pacific Wave” was also a fine artist known for large-scale paintings?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/8~

What architect’s career spanned seven decades before his death in 1959 — during which he designed 1,114 architectural works, of which 532 were realized?

What artist moved his family and studio from NYC to rural New York just as he was achieving widespread recognition in 1951, remaining there for the rest of his life?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/7~

What stockbroker and amateur painter decided to become a full-time artist after the stock market crashed in 1882?

What British assemblagist, painter, and conceptual artist said, “There [are] four important things in life: religion, love, art and science”?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/6~

In the summer of 1623, this artist was summoned to Madrid to paint a portrait of the King of Spain; its success led to his being named official painter to the king and he remained attached to the court for the rest of his life.

This artist left for England in 1780 to study under renowned history painter Benjamin West; in 1817 he returned to America where he secured a commission for four large paintings to be placed in the Capitol Rotunda.

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/5~

Which designer studied human anatomy, mathematics, and engineering at Los Angeles University to help bolster the quality of his shoe designs?

Which artist took the monumental scale of New York School Abstract Expressionism and applied it to his collage paintings?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/4~

What American photographer in New Hampshire produced many dozens of stereoscopic images with scenes from his home state?

What American illustrator and painter became known in the 1920s and 1930s for his illustrations in popular magazines such as the Ladies’ Home Journal?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/2~

What American cartoonist and pioneering female comic book artist helped create the long-running Marvel Comics characters Millie the Model and Patsy Walker?

What Dutch photographer’s major theme, people in transitional moments, was formed when she began her breakthrough Beach Portrait series (begun in 1992)?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/06/02/june-2/