Tag Archives: Photographer
Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/28~
The term this photographer invented to describe himself – Bildjournalist – is still the German word for photojournalist.
In 1960 this artist patented a color of his own invention, which he called International (__) Blue after himself.
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Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/27~
Which painter and photographer with “an artist’s heart” achieved his enduring success as an inventor?
Which illustrator’s most recognizable work was not even executed by the artist himself, but were copies done by other artists?
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Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/25~
This artist created a vocabulary of various signs and marks that read metaphorically, rather than according to any form of traditional iconography.
This Dutch-born artist was part of the original CoBrA group (Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam) founded at the Café de l’Hotel Notre Dame in Paris.
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Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/22~
What German-Swiss painter helped to create the Schillerschule, Frankfurt’s first school for girls, in 1908?
What photographer, to make a living during the Depression, published postcards, worked on a series of slides on archaeological subjects, and even operated a turkey farm?
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Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/12~
This Belgian sculptor and painter was one of the principal social-realist artists of the late 19th century in Europe.
In 1932 this photographer became one of the co-founders of the Group f/64, which aimed to “define photography as an art form by a simple and direct presentation through purely photographic methods”.
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Artist Birthday Quiz for 3/26~
Which artist’s best-known work is his “Bible in Pictures”, a collection of 240 engravings of scenes from the Bible?
Which photographer notably chronicled Paris during the years he lived in a Left Bank guesthouse now remembered as “the Beat Hotel”?
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Artist Birthday Quiz for 3/18~
In a tragic conclusion to a life of immense creativity, this artist spent his last twenty-three years in a state hospital on Long Island.
This photographer bought a Hasselblad when he was 24 and has used it for his portraits ever since.
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Artist Birthday Quiz for 2/20~
Although he ultimately gave up music for photography, what artist’s original intention was to be a professional musician?
What painter and engraver published Indigo Days (an autobiography) in 1957?
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