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Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/4~
This artist blazed a spectacular but short-lived trail through Flanders during the second quarter of the 16th Century as a painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, designer, writer, publisher, traveler and entrepreneur.
This painter was one of the artists dubbed the Irascible 18 after she and 17 prominent Abstract Expressionists signed an open letter to the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accusing the museum of hostility to “advanced art”.
Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/08/04/august-4/
Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/30~
What Italian painter, architect, and writer is best known today for his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, which was first published in 1550?
What British sculptor turned down a knighthood in 1951 because he felt “such a title might tend to cut me off from fellow artists whose work has aims similar to mine”?
Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/07/30/july-30/
Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/18~
In his later years this 16th century Italian architect and sculptor was influenced by Counter-Reformation piety, repudiating his earlier nude sculptures as lustful and designing several austere buildings for the Jesuits.
This painter and illustrator was also a writer for Life and Judge, and even wrote and acted in silent films, but his most famous achievement is his painting of Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer with the caption “I Want YOU for U.S. Army”.
Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/06/18/june-18/
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?
Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/06/08/june-8/
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.
Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/06/06/june-6/
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/20~
Which German baroque sculptor also worked as an architect and built many state buildings in Berlin during his role as Court Architect?
Which photojournalist and his wife became LIFE magazine’s first husband and wife photographer-reporter team to be sent overseas?
Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/05/20/may-20/
Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/30~
What architect played a prominent role in the battle over the introduction of modern architecture in Berlin during the 1920s?
Which Irish artist’s stone carvings of 1938–9 constitute an important contribution to Surrealist sculpture?
Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/04/30/april-30/
Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/14~
What Flemish cartographer created, in 1570, the first modern Atlas with uniformly sized maps in a systematic collection?
What German artist, architect, and designer is most famous for his work with the company AEG?
Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/04/14/april-14/
Artist Birthday Quiz for 3/27~
Harbor scenes were an important subject of this painter, which reveal his interest in depicting the light reflections on the water surface.
This leading German avant-garde architect and educator was the third and last Bauhaus director.
Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/03/27/march-27/
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