Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/8~

Which French artist’s personal drama was what brought her to popular attention, despite being critically renowned for her talent communicating in sculpture?

Which Mexican painter had a profound effect on the art world with his reintroduction of fresco painting, and with his large impact on the concept of public art?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/7~

Which 17th century Italian sculptor, architect, and city planner is credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture?

Which American modernist painter considered the Armory Show the “greatest single influence” he experienced in his work?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/6~

In 1809, Napoleon made this artist Engraver to the Emperor; because of the large number of pieces supplied to the palaces, his firm became Furniture Suppliers to their Majesties two years later.

This German-born American photographer was among those who pioneered the use of the 35-mm camera in photojournalism, as well as one of the earliest devotees of available-light photography.

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/5~

What 20th century American painter’s work was a bridge between the highly personal, expressive gestures of Abstract Expressionism and the simplified, spare geometric forms of Minimalism?

What 20th century French artist initially gained international recognition for his paintings, but was also fluent in a variety of media including lithography, tapestries, and stained glass?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/4~

What American photographer found support among Rothko, Kline, and other painters and is widely considered to be closely involved with, if not a part of, the abstract expressionist movement?

What American scientist, inventor, artist, and master craftsman held over 60 glass-oriented patents and has art work in the permanent collections of more than 100 museums throughout the world?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/3~

This artist had several sittings with George Washington, the result of which were numerous portraits despite “Anapathy [seeming] to seize him and a vacuity [spreading] over his countenance, most appalling to paint.”

This artist was one of two original California members of the art photography group the Photo-Secession, founded by Alfred Stieglitz, and she was the only Western photographer to be made a Fellow of the group.

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/1~

In 1766 this French sculptor was summoned to Russia by Catherine II to produce a bronze equestrian statue of Peter the Great, dedicated in 1782.

This painter and printmaker was one of 4 founders of the Expressionist group Die Brücke (“The Bridge”) which was formed in Dresden in 1905.

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/30~

What 16th-century northern Italian architect summarized his rules in a landmark publication which was widely translated and spread his influence throughout Europe and into the New World?

What painter’s shift from representation to abstraction occurred between 1938 and 1942 — a reason why he is credited with laying the groundwork for the Abstract Expressionist movement?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/29~

What second generation Abstract Expressionist painter’s surfaces tended to be neither geometric nor gestural, and to be dominated by one color and one shape?

What artist created “Time Dust” (1992), measuring seven by thirty-five feet and considered at the time to be the largest and most complex fine art print ever made?

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