55+ Arts Trivia Questions

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Who out of the following was famous for his paintings?

Pablo Picasso

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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 designed the logo for Old Dutch Cleanser?

Georgia O'Keefe

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In which of these major American cities did Georgia O'Keeffe once live and paint?

New York City

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

Fashion

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After spending years copying old master works, what did Pablo Picasso do with them?

Rearranged Them

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

Secondary Colors

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Young Edgar Degas made over 700 copies of what?

Older Works Of Art

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Which artist painted, "Guernica"?

Picasso

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

Vincent van Gogh

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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 a view of Phillies Diner at night?

Hopper

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Who painted the Sistine Chapel's ceiling?

Michelangelo

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What is Pablo Picasso's daughter's name?

Paloma

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The "Mona Lisa" was painted by?

Da Vinci

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Frida Kahlo was married to which famous muralist?

Diego Rivera

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Which artist painted "The Gleaners"?

Jean Francois Millet

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Rembrandt opened his first art studio at which age?

19

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Who painted the famous picture of Napoleon crossing the Alps?

Jacques-Louis David

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What artist is famous for the "Helga Pictures"?

Andrew Wyeth

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

Josef Beuys

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What color do you get by mixing blue and yellow?

Green

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Young Edgar Degas made over 700 copies of what?

Older Works Of Art

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Which artist painted, "Guernica"?

Picasso

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

John James Audubon

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Who painted the Sistine Chapel's ceiling?

Michelangelo

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Baroque art was a movement which was encouraged mainly by which religion?

Catholic

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

Earth Art

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

New York

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In which of these major American cities did Georgia O'Keeffe once live and paint?

New York City

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

The Present

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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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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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Rembrandt opened his first art studio at which age?

19

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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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After spending years copying old master works, what did Pablo Picasso do with them?

Rearranged Them

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

Caricatures

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

Pablo Picasso

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

Italy

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What color do you get by mixing blue and yellow?

Green

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In what century was the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden added to the Smithsonian?

20th

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

Josef Beuys

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What is Pablo Picasso's daughter's name?

Paloma

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Frida Kahlo was married to which famous muralist?

Diego Rivera

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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.