Artist Birthday Quiz for 1/4~

What American Modernist painter, poet, & essayist, whose work changed direction several times, often responded to praise by exclaiming, “Oh, but just wait and see what I will paint next year”?

What French painter, sculptor, illustrator, designer, & writer, who once worked as a pattern-drawer in an embroidery studio, had his first major retrospective at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1941?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 1/3~

Which 17th-century European artist is considered the greatest French follower of Caravaggio, and one of the great champions of naturalistic painting?

Which Vermont-born artist, a neoclassical sculptor who worked in Florence for more than half a century, designed the Lincoln Tomb in Springfield, IL?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 1/2~

What German Expressionist sculptor, printmaker, and dramatist characteristically featured bulky, monumental figures in heavy drapery in a style often called “modern Gothic”?

What American painter’s abstract, biomorphic forms combined with vaguely representational imagery was part of the introduction of Surrealism into the U.S. in the early 1930s?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/31~

This French draughtsman, printmaker, sculptor, and painter was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century; his career spanned almost six and a half decades and his influence fundamentally altered the course of modern art.

This Harlem Renaissance sculptor was one of the first African American women to enroll in the Navy; she was commissioned to do a portrait of FDR and the profile of Roosevelt found on the U.S. dime is believed to be based on her artwork.

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/30~

Which American photojournalist, renowned for his innovation, integrity, and technical mastery, is credited with developing the photo essay into a sophisticated visual form?

Which American artist, an accomplished painter, was prompted in 1964 by an encounter with renowned sculptor George Segal to focus her attention on sculpture?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/29~

Which French rococo painter was the only pupil of the 18th century artist Antoine Watteau, with whom he quarreled but later reconciled and whose work had a lasting influence upon him?

Which Mexican social realist painter, one of the artists who established “Mexican Muralism”, participated in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Leon Trotsky in May 1940?

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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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