Art Trivia Questions & Answers

1. Who painted the famous masterpiece 'The Starry Night' in 1889?

Answer: Vincent van Gogh medium

Van Gogh painted this masterpiece while staying at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.

2. Who painted the 'Mona Lisa'?

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci easy

The 'Mona Lisa' hangs in the Louvre in Paris.

3. Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Answer: Michelangelo medium

He worked on the ceiling between 1508 and 1512.

4. Which art movement did Pablo Picasso help to found?

Answer: Cubism medium

Cubism broke objects into geometric, fragmented forms.

5. Which artist created 'The Persistence of Memory', featuring melting clocks?

Answer: Salvador Dalí medium

Dalí was a leading figure of the Surrealist movement.

6. Which American artist is famous for his Campbell's Soup Cans?

Answer: Andy Warhol medium

Warhol was a central figure of the Pop Art movement.

7. Which artist created the marble sculpture 'David'?

Answer: Michelangelo medium

The statue stands over five metres tall in Florence.

8. Who painted 'The Scream'?

Answer: Edvard Munch medium

Munch created several versions of the iconic work.

9. Which two primary colours are mixed to make green?

Answer: Blue and yellow easy

Red and yellow make orange; red and blue make purple.

10. In which country did the Impressionism movement originate in the 19th century?

Answer: France medium

The movement was named after Monet's painting 'Impression, Sunrise'.

11. What nationality was the painter Claude Monet?

Answer: French medium

Monet is famous for his series of water lily paintings.

12. Which Dutch painter is known for 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'?

Answer: Johannes Vermeer hard

The painting is sometimes called the 'Mona Lisa of the North'.