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Famous Paintings and Artists

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Which artist is known for his painting "The Starry Night"?

  1. Vincent van Gogh

  2. Claude Monet

  3. Pablo Picasso

  4. Leonardo da Vinci


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Vincent van Gogh is a Dutch post-impressionist painter and one of the most famous painters in the world. "The Starry Night" is one of his most iconic works, painted in 1889.

Who painted the "Mona Lisa"?

  1. Leonardo da Vinci

  2. Michelangelo

  3. Raphael

  4. Donatello


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Leonardo da Vinci, a renowned Italian polymath, painted the "Mona Lisa" in the early 16th century. It is one of the most famous and iconic paintings in the world.

Which artist is associated with the painting "Guernica"?

  1. Pablo Picasso

  2. Salvador Dalí

  3. Joan Miró

  4. Antoni Gaudí


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Pablo Picasso, a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, created "Guernica" in 1937. It is a powerful anti-war painting inspired by the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.

Who painted "The Scream"?

  1. Edvard Munch

  2. Vincent van Gogh

  3. Frida Kahlo

  4. René Magritte


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Edvard Munch, a Norwegian expressionist painter, created "The Scream" in 1893. It is a symbolic painting that expresses the anxiety and despair of modern life.

Which artist is known for the painting "Water Lilies"?

  1. Claude Monet

  2. Pierre-Auguste Renoir

  3. Alfred Sisley

  4. Camille Pissarro


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Claude Monet, a French impressionist painter, is famous for his series of paintings titled "Water Lilies." He painted these works in his garden at Giverny, capturing the changing light and colors of the water lilies.

Who is the artist behind the painting "The Persistence of Memory"?

  1. Salvador Dalí

  2. Pablo Picasso

  3. Joan Miró

  4. René Magritte


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Salvador Dalí, a Spanish surrealist painter, created "The Persistence of Memory" in 1931. It is one of his most iconic works, featuring melting clocks against a barren landscape.

Which artist painted "The Last Supper"?

  1. Leonardo da Vinci

  2. Michelangelo

  3. Raphael

  4. Titian


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Leonardo da Vinci painted "The Last Supper" in the late 15th century. It is a mural depicting the final meal of Jesus with his disciples before his crucifixion.

Who is the artist behind the painting "The Birth of Venus"?

  1. Sandro Botticelli

  2. Leonardo da Vinci

  3. Michelangelo

  4. Raphael


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sandro Botticelli, an Italian Renaissance painter, created "The Birth of Venus" in the late 15th century. It is a tempera on canvas painting depicting the goddess Venus emerging from a giant scallop shell.

Which artist painted "The Sistine Madonna"?

  1. Raphael

  2. Michelangelo

  3. Leonardo da Vinci

  4. Titian


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Raphael, an Italian Renaissance painter and architect, created "The Sistine Madonna" in the early 16th century. It is an oil painting depicting the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus while being flanked by two saints.

Who is the artist behind the painting "The Arnolfini Portrait"?

  1. Jan van Eyck

  2. Robert Campin

  3. Rogier van der Weyden

  4. Hans Memling


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Jan van Eyck, a Flemish painter, created "The Arnolfini Portrait" in the early 15th century. It is an oil painting depicting a wealthy merchant couple, Giovanni Arnolfini and his wife, in their bedroom.

Which artist painted "The Night Watch"?

  1. Rembrandt van Rijn

  2. Johannes Vermeer

  3. Frans Hals

  4. Pieter de Hooch


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Rembrandt van Rijn, a Dutch Golden Age painter, created "The Night Watch" in the mid-17th century. It is a group portrait depicting the militia company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch.

Who is the artist behind the painting "The Hay Wain"?

  1. John Constable

  2. J.M.W. Turner

  3. Thomas Gainsborough

  4. William Blake


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

John Constable, an English Romantic painter, created "The Hay Wain" in the early 19th century. It is an oil painting depicting a rural landscape with a hay wagon crossing a river.

Which artist painted "The Fighting Temeraire"?

  1. J.M.W. Turner

  2. John Constable

  3. Thomas Gainsborough

  4. William Blake


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

J.M.W. Turner, an English Romantic painter, created "The Fighting Temeraire" in the mid-19th century. It is an oil painting depicting the retired warship HMS Temeraire being towed to its final resting place.

Who is the artist behind the painting "Impression, Sunrise"?

  1. Claude Monet

  2. Pierre-Auguste Renoir

  3. Alfred Sisley

  4. Camille Pissarro


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Claude Monet, a French impressionist painter, created "Impression, Sunrise" in the late 19th century. It is an oil painting depicting the harbor of Le Havre at sunrise.

Which artist painted "Starry Night over the Rhône"?

  1. Vincent van Gogh

  2. Paul Gauguin

  3. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

  4. Georges Seurat


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Vincent van Gogh, a Dutch post-impressionist painter, created "Starry Night over the Rhône" in the late 19th century. It is an oil painting depicting the night sky over the Rhône River in Arles, France.

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