55+ Arts Trivia Questions

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What is the material which provides a surface upon which an artist applies color, collage, etc.?

Support

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Who designed the logo for Old Dutch Cleanser?

Georgia O'Keefe

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Which artist painted, "Guernica"?

Picasso

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Frida Kahlo was married to which famous muralist?

Diego Rivera

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Leonardo da Vinci was called the "Homo Universalis", which is Latin for what type of man?

Universal

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The production of art with stones, leaves and dirt is called what?

Earth Art

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Leonardo da Vinci was hired by the Duke of Milan when he said he could build a portable what?

Bridge

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In what country was the famous artist Leonardo da Vinci born?

Italy

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What is Pablo Picasso's daughter's name?

Paloma

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With what type of quick drawings did a young Claude Monet begin creating art?

Caricatures

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Who painted the Sistine Chapel's ceiling?

Michelangelo

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With which fellow painter did Salvador Dali become friends while in Paris?

Pablo Picasso

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Which art movement is Salvador Dali associated with?

Surrealism

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Who was the American Pop Artist, who lived from 1928-1987?

Andy Warhol

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Which artist painted the "Le Demoiselles D'Avignon"?

Picasso

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Who painted "Madonna of the Rosary", in which St. Dominic has been given a rosary by "the Virgin"?

Caravaggio

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Salvador Dali's "Silk Allegory" is a painting of an egg and what small, colorful flying creatures?

Butterflies

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In 1905, Pablo Picasso entered his "Rose Period", painting jugglers and acrobats from where?

Circus

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Who painted "The Kiss"?

Gustav Klimt

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Which artist created the famous painting "The Starry Night"?

Vincent van Gogh

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How many paintings did Van Gogh sell during his lifetime?

One

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Moved by a desire to help people, Vincent van Gogh left art in 1876 to become what?

A Priest

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Young Edgar Degas made over 700 copies of what?

Older Works Of Art

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Which artist became famous for the work "The Birds of America"?

John James Audubon

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The figures in Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" worked as what?

City Guards

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In the late 1700's Francisco Goya took a job drawing for what type of royal factory?

Tapestry

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What color do you get by mixing blue and yellow?

Green

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Andy Warhol's "Factory" was located in what large eastern American city?

New York

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With what type of quick drawings did a young Claude Monet begin creating art?

Caricatures

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What is the Japanese art of flower arrangement called?

Ikebana

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Salvador Dali's "Silk Allegory" is a painting of an egg and what small, colorful flying creatures?

Butterflies

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Rembrandt opened his first art studio at which age?

19

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What are the colors obtained by mixing equal amounts of two primary colors called?

Secondary Colors

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Frida Kahlo was married to which famous muralist?

Diego Rivera

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In some of Pablo Picasso's work, he used what method of attaching paper to canvas?

Collage

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Why did Vincent Van Gogh drop out of the Antwerp Art Academy?

He Was Too Unique

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Who painted the Sistine Chapel's ceiling?

Michelangelo

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In what country was the famous artist Leonardo da Vinci born?

Italy

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Who was the American Pop Artist, who lived from 1928-1987?

Andy Warhol

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How do artists join two pieces of steel when making a sculpture?

Welding

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Pablo Picasso said that the best work was made for what moment in time?

The Present

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Who created the oblique self-portrait "Felt Suit", displayed on a hanger?

Josef Beuys

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Which is the main substance used to make a crayon?

Wax

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Which artist painted, "Guernica"?

Picasso

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Moved by a desire to help people, Vincent van Gogh left art in 1876 to become what?

A Priest

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Who painted the famous picture of Napoleon crossing the Alps?

Jacques-Louis David

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After giving up mural painting, Gustav Klimt designed for what industry?

Fashion

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The "Mona Lisa" was painted by?

Da Vinci

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Arts Trivia

If you didn’t already know, the arts can be defined as “the theory and physical expression of creativity found in human societies and cultures” and includes music, literature, filmmaking, drawing, painting, sculpting, photography, dance, theatre, architecture, and more. Test yourself on these subjects with our arts trivia questions and answers.