Trivia - Questions and Answers

Q: Rembrandt's 5 kids and 2 wives died before he did. He was very poor when he died, even though he was popular and earned good wages. True or False

A: True

Q: A round painting is called a tondo. True or False?

A: True

Q: Was Edvard Munch (The Scream) Italian or Norwegian?

A: Norwegian

Q: Which of these did Henri Matisse paint? The Green Stripe, Guernica, A Starry Night, Mona Lisa.

A: The Green Stripe

Q: The three warm colors are?

A: Red, Yellow, and Orange

Q: Claude Monet made a series of paintings of: haystacks, clocks or cows?

A: haystacks

Q: Rembrandt (1606-1669) loved to paint himself. He painted over 100 self-portraits from his youth to his old age. True or False?

A: True

Q: Overlapping is one of the simplest ways to create an illusion of depth in artwork. True or False ?

A: True

Q: Henry Moore is known for his egg tempura paintings. True or False ?

A: False

Q: Henri Matisse started painting when he was 21 because he was in the hospital for appendicitis and began painting during his recovery. He did not return to his study of law. True or False ?

A: True

Q: Objects in the foreground are usually smaller and lighter than objects in the background. True or False ?

A: False

Q: Leonardo da Vinci loved to experiment. Many of his experiments didn't withstand the test of time. True or False?

A: True