200+ Art Trivia Questions and Answers

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How well do you know famous paintings and the artists behind them? Explore 200+ art trivia questions, reveal the answer options and check which answer is correct.

Art Trivia Questions and Answers

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  1. What Colombian 20th century artist is known for creating bloated, oversized depictions of people, animals and objects?
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    • Wilfredo Lam
    • Roberto Matta
    • Fernando Botero
    • Rufino Tamayo
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  2. What color was Vincent's house in Arles?
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    • Green
    • Yellow
    • Blue
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  3. What did Don Quixote name his horse?
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    • Gunpowder
    • Pegasus
    • Rocinante
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  4. What does “Da’ Vinci ”mean?
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    • It is his last name.
    • The town where he was born.
    • The name of his father.
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  5. What does Pablo Picasso's painting of Guérnica represent?
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    • A bullfight.
    • A bombing.
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  6. What does the Statue of the Motherland commemorate?
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    • The Battle of England
    • The Battle of Stalingrad
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  7. What Dutch Golden Age painter did “The Night Watch”?
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    • Rembrandt van Rijn
    • Johannes Vermeer
    • Frans Hals
    • Jacob van Ruisdael
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  8. What is considered the most remarkable work of Leonardo?
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    • Salvator Mundi
    • The lady of the Ermine.
    • The Mona Lisa.
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  9. What is de definition of “Op Art”?
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    • A type of art that includes imagery from popular and mass culture
    • A style of art where artists are not educated in the academy
    • A type of art that recurs to audio, visual and literary manifestations
    • A style of visual art that uses optical illusions
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  10. What is the highest voice a human has ever reached?
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    • Soprano
    • Mezzosoprano
    • Contralto
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  11. What is the name of a sculpture depicting a man on horseback?
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    • Horse Sculpture
    • Equestrian sculpture
    • Sculpture of rider
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  12. What is the name of the modern art museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in New York City?
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    • Guggenheim Museum
    • Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
    • Whitney Museum
    • Metropolitan Museum
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  13. What painter started impressionist movement in France?
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    • Paul Cézanne
    • Claude Monet
    • Gustave Courbet
    • Pablo Picasso
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  14. What painting belongs to modernism?
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    • The Starry Night (Van Gogh)
    • The Kiss (Klimt)
    • Olympia (Manet)
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  15. What part of the body did Van Gogh have mutilated?
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    • A leg.
    • An ear.
    • A finger.
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  16. What pictorial technique did Leonardo create?
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    • Gouache.
    • Sfumato.
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  17. What post-Impressionist painter was born in the Netherlands, lived in France and became famous for his sunflower paintings among other subjects?
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    • Paul Gauguin
    • Edvard Munch
    • Vincent Van Gogh
    • Arnold Böcklin
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  18. What Renaissance artist painted the famous 15th century mural “The Last Supper”?
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    • Leonardo Da Vinci
    • Raphael Sanzio
    • Michelangelo
    • Sandro Botticelli
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  19. What Renaissance artist was the first to develop linear perspective?
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    • Giotto di Bondone
    • Andrea Mantegna
    • Filippo Brunelleschi
    • Masaccio
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  20. What style was developed in Latin American churches during 18th century with indian workers?
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    • Renaissance
    • Precolumbian
    • Baroque
    • Neoclassic
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  21. What was his family like financially?
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    • Poor
    • Rich
    • Middle class
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  22. What was one of Van Gogh's first works?
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    • Lilies
    • The Red Vineyard
    • The Potato Eaters
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  23. What was Stephen King's first novel?
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    • It.
    • Carrie.
    • The Shining.
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  24. What was the first composition considered an opera?
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    • Orpheus
    • Daphne
    • Eurydice
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  25. What work made Andy Warhol the most sought-after living American artist of the moment?
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    • 3 coke bottles.
    • Campbell's soup cans.
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  26. What's the last name of the family in "100 Years of Solitude"?
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    • Buendia
    • Buenrostro
    • Garcia
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  27. What's the name of Beethoven's opera?
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    • Aida
    • Fidelio
    • Othello
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  28. What's the theme of a opera buffa?
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    • Comic
    • Drama
    • Romantic
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  29. When Frida was 22 and Diego Rivera ___, they got married.
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    • 35
    • 38
    • over 40
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  30. When she was six years old, Frida suffered from polio, which is why her cruel schoolmates nicknamed her "Frida Peg Leg": True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  31. Where are the Easter Island Heads, commonly known as "Moai" ?
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    • New Zealand
    • Mexico
    • Chile
    • Venezuela
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  32. Where did Leonardo make the mural "The Last Supper"?
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    • In the convent "Santa María de las Gracias".
    • In the Basilica of the Holy Cross.
    • In the Sistine Chapel.
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  33. Where did Vincent stay while he was in Auvers?
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    • At an inn.
    • In a hospital.
    • At his brother's house.
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  34. Where does the Columbus Monument point to?
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    • America
    • Mallorca
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  35. Where does the Statue of Liberty have the torch?
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    • Left hand
    • Right hand
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  36. Where is a bronze statue called The Little Mermaid?
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    • Scotland
    • Wales
    • Belgium
    • Denmark
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  37. Where is located the largest collection in the world of precious objects made entirely of gold?
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    • The Green Vault, Dresden
    • The Gold Museum, Bogotá
    • The Armoury Chamber in Kremlin Museums, Moscow
    • Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York City
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  38. Where is pharaoh Tutankhamun’s golden mask displayed?
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    • Louvre Museum, Paris
    • British Museum, London
    • Egyptian Museum, Cairo
    • Metropolitan Museum, New York
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  39. Where is the Arch of Titus located?
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    • Spain
    • Poland
    • Italy
    • England
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  40. Where is the David Statue (David of Michelangelo)?
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    • France
    • Italy
    • Poland
    • Portugal
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  41. Where is the famous museum that collects the works of this artist?
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    • In Amsterdam.
    • In Paris.
    • In St. Petersburg.
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  42. Where is the famous statue The Thinker located?
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    • Italy
    • France
    • Belgium
    • All of the above
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  43. Where is the Manneken Pis located?
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    • Canada
    • France
    • Netherlands
    • Belgium
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  44. Where is the Spring Temple Buddha?
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    • Japan
    • China
    • Indonesia
    • None of the above
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  45. Where is the statue called Christ the Redeemer?
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    • Brasilia
    • Rio de Janeiro
    • Sao Paulo
    • Flamingo
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  46. Where is the Statue of Liberty?
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    • New York
    • Manila
    • Philadelphia
    • Florida
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  47. Where is Theo van Gogh buried today?
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    • Next to Vincent, in Auvers.
    • In his home country.
    • Next to his wife, in Paris.
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  48. Which architect is famous for the development of linear perspective in history?
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    • Filippo Brunelleschi
    • Leonardo da Vinci
    • Giacomo della Porta
    • Andrea Pisano
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  49. Which artist created the famous sculpture “The Thinker”?
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    • Aristide Maillol
    • Alberto Giacometti
    • Auguste Rodin
    • Henri Matisse
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  50. Which artist did a portrait of his own mother that became world famous among American paintings?
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    • Thomas Eakins
    • James Whistler
    • John Singer Sargent
    • Winslow Homer
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