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Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/30~

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What Ukrainian-American artist, best known for his Cubist-inspired sculptures, was granted a patent in 1927 for a motorized structure that allowed painted images to move?

What American painter — identified with the movements of monochrome painting, minimalism, and conceptual art — is best known for abstract, white-on-white paintings?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/29~

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What photographer provided a respectful portrait of the rural culture and craftspeople of the Appalachian Mountains and the Gullahs of South Carolina?

What painter, known for her incisive self-portraits, began as an artist by taking children’s art classes at the Art Institute of Chicago at age eight?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/28~

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This painter and his wife, also an artist, designed and furnished the interior of their house with their own textiles, decorations, and painted furniture; today it is one of the most visited places in Sweden.

This painter (born in Utah to Japanese parents) was arrested and sent to detention camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor, where he began to draw with pen and ink and pastels provided by the American Red Cross.

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/27~

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What French expressionist artist’s mature style as a painter was undoubtedly influenced by his work on the restoration of medieval stained-glass windows?

What German abstract artist, active mostly in France, was not only a famous painter but also among the most innovative photographers of his time?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/26~

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What Flemish-born Baroque painter was a founding member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, going on to become a professor and later the rector?

What contemporary ceramist is noted for his ability to work in porcelain and overglaze enamels with infinite patience and dexterity?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/24~

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In the early 19th Century, this sculptor began scouring the French countryside for medieval antiques to sell to raise money; this resulted in a personal collection which forms a core part of The Cloisters in New York City.

In 1956, this artist designed an updated version of the DC superhero Flash, the character that heralded the wholesale return of superheroes and the beginning of what fans and historians call the Silver Age of comics.

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/23~

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What Abstract Expressionist artist’s use of housepainter brushes produced tiny splatters and inflections on the canvas that enhanced the explosive quality of his black lines?

What sculptor’s work was inspired in part by the craftsmanship of the local carpenters in Sierra Leone, where he spent two years with the Peace Corps?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/22~

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The only American officially associated with the group later known as the Impressionists, this artist exhibited her work in four of their eight exhibitions, in 1879, 1880, 1881, and 1886.

This famous Belgian illustrator is often considered to be the most influential European comic artist ever and his “clear line” style was widely copied by new generation of comic artists

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