36 Surrealism In Art Trivia Questions with Answers
36 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Who painted the 1929 Surrealist work The Treachery of Images?
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René Magritte
Which Alberto Giacometti sculpture depicts a mysterious room-like structure made in 1932?
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The Palace at 4 a.m.
Which 1938 Leonora Carrington painting shows a white horse and a female figure in a dreamlike interior?
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Self-Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse)
Who coined the term “Surrealism” in 1917 while describing a new artistic approach?
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Guillaume Apollinaire
Which artist created the 1929 Surrealist painting The Great Masturbator?
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Salvador Dalí
Which 1934 Salvador Dalí painting shows a soft watch draped over a dead tree branch?
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The Persistence of Memory
Which Surrealist artist painted the 1937 self-portrait known as Self-Portrait Inn of the Dawn Horse?
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Leonora Carrington
What was the name of the Surrealist journal first published in Paris in December 1924?
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La Révolution surréaliste
Which 1938 Paris exhibition brought together Surrealist art and unsettling display designs by Marcel Duchamp?
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The International Exhibition of Surrealism
What was the title of Germaine Dulac’s 1928 film often called the first Surrealist film?
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The Seashell and the Clergyman
What is the title of Joan Miró’s 1924–25 Surrealist painting filled with playful abstract figures?
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The Harlequin’s Carnival
Which 1929 René Magritte painting depicts a pipe with the words “This is not a pipe”?
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The Treachery of Images
Which Salvador Dalí sculpture features a telephone receiver balanced on a lobster?
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Lobster Telephone
What was the first major Surrealist group exhibition, held in Paris in 1925?
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La Peinture surréaliste
Which Surrealist artist is associated with the 1929 novel Nadja?
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André Breton
Which 1929 film by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí opens with a famous razor-and-eye scene?
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Un Chien Andalou
Which Salvador Dalí painting, completed in 1931, shows melting watches?
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The Persistence of Memory