Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/11~

This American modernist mystic painter is most notable for his “white writing” – light calligraphic marks and symbols atop an abstract field composed of thousands of densely interwoven brushstrokes.

This 20th century artist switched from representational sculpted portraits to painting in the 1950’s, innovating the use of plastic resins and synthetic glazes and creating paintings lit from behind in shadow-box frames.

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/10~

What Russian-born American artist was introduced to lithography — the most important medium in a career that included graphic design, fine art, costume & set design, and illustration — in 1923?

What 20th century painter and leading figure of the Chicago Imagist school observed, “I try to paint the things that everybody sees, things that are just a part of everybody’s experience of life”?

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Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/9~

What versatile 20th century Dutch graphic designer, illustrator, and fine artist always referred to his posters as “street paintings”?

What American photographer initially took photographs to record images for use in paintings, but came to prefer the camera to the brush?

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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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