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Q#00018 - Challenge Quiz

Q1: Besides his worldwide fame in the visual arts, Paul Klee was also an extremely talented musician. He learned to play this instrument when he was 7 years old and became so accomplished that he was able to join the Berne Municipal Orchestra at 10 years of age. What instrument did he play?

Q2: Painter Clarkson Stanfield (1793-1867) had a love of the sea that was well conveyed in works such as Battle of Trafalgar and The Victory with the Body of Nelson aboard towed into Gibraltar. What was the name of the leader of the anti-slavery movement after whom Clarkson Stanfield was named?

Q3:Although born in Pittsburgh, as a young girl Mary Cassatt lived in France and Germany. When Mary was 11 her family moved back to America and at 17 she commenced studies in art at which institution?

Q4:What is the style, prevalent around 1700, which was highly extravagant and ornamental and derives its name from the French word for shell? This style is seen strongly in the furniture and interior design of the day as well as in the visual arts.

Q5:Name the Italian painter who lived who lived from 1449 - 1494. Some of his best known works are Old Man and Boy (Louvre, Paris) and the fresco cycle in the choir of Sta. Maria Norella in Florence, illustrating scenes from the Life of the Virgin and St John the Baptist.

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Please provide the Title, Date & Artist of this painting of which only a portion is shown.

Q7:In 1901 Australian artist Tom Roberts accepted a commission to paint a giant picture (5.64 x 3.58m) titled the Opening of the First Federal Parliament. In many ways painting 'The Big Picture' as he called it, ruined his career as it impaired his vision and left him exhausted and depressed. Who commissioned Roberts to paint this piece?

Q8:There are three versions of Battle of San Romano all painted by the same artist around 1495. One now hangs in London, one in Paris and one in Florence. Who was the artist?

Q9:The painting Saint Bruno and the Miracle of the Uneaten Meat was painted around 1625-26 by Zurbaran. It features Saint Hugh, his page and seven monks. Behind these characters in the background is a painting which shows which three characters?

Q10: T _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a term used to describe a style in European art of 1940s and 50s, somewhat similar to American Abstract Expressionism. It comes from the French word meaning 'blob' and refers to the dabs and blotches the artists used to present a powerful, simple and direct expression of abstract psychic states. Major artists practising this style were Wols, Mathieu and Fautrier.

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