Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/28~

What German-born Dutch Golden Age painter was an ardent student of nature who frequently sailed in an open boat on the sea in order to study the effects of storms?

What Swiss/French painter & printmaker associated with Les Nabis completed over 1700 paintings, 200 prints, 100s of drawings, and several sculptures during his lifetime?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/27~

What artist, who rose to fame with illustrations mocking the customs of French society during the Belle Époque, was also a painter, printmaker and draftsman?

What French-born American photographer built 4 customized telephoto lenses and 3 close-up cameras, with which he magnified the beauty and intricacies of the world?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/23~

This American abstract painter was an important member of the group of modern artists who were associated with Alfred Stieglitz and his New York galleries.

This Armenian-Canadian portrait photographer’s 1941 image of Winston Churchill is said to be one of the most widely reproduced photos of all time.

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/22~

Which 15th century Florentine sculptor was the founder of a family studio primarily associated with the production of works in enameled terra-cotta?

Which American artist first achieved fame as part of SAMO©, an informal graffiti duo in the Lower East Side of Manhattan during the late 1970s?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/21~

What 15th century Italian painter’s naturalism and use of perspective led Western painting away from the prevailing Gothic style towards the conceptual and stylistic foundations of the Renaissance?

What influential 19th century French Academic Classical painter is now remembered primarily for his influence as a teacher of other artists including Pierre Puvis de Chavannes and Édouard Manet?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/20~

What Dutch-Indonesian painter — who worked in various styles including Symbolism, Art Nouveau, Impressionism, and Pointillism — was also an illustrator and graphic designer?

What American artist produced caricatures for the New York Review of Books for nearly 45 years — as well as for Esquire, Time, The New Yorker, The New York Times, and more?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/19~

This German-born American artist, radicalized by the trauma of World War I, said: “During the war I became interested in truth – in bitter truth and the struggle of life in general.”

This artist – often associated with the Bay Area figurative school – resists categorization, working in a wide range of media including paintings, drawings, prints, posters, and sculptures.

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/18~

Which Swiss-German artist visited Tunisia in 1914 and found it a turning point, awakening his sense of color and giving him the final push toward abstraction?

Which American artist started painting miniatures on ivory while still a student at the Cleveland Institute of Art, which led to her first one-man show 3 weeks after graduating?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/17~

What self-taught Czech painter and writer created his own style as a caricaturist for newspapers and later as an illustrator?

What artist used the classical technique of egg tempera to create satirical images of American life, portraying gritty situations in urban settings?

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