🖼️ Famous artists quiz

The answers, and why

1. Who painted The Starry Night? Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh painted The Starry Night in 1889, with swirling stars over a village.
2. Who painted the Mona Lisa? Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa; it hangs in the Louvre in Paris.
3. Which artist painted lots of water lilies in his garden pond? Claude Monet. Monet painted the water lilies in his garden at Giverny, France, again and again.
4. Which artist from Mexico is famous for her self-portraits? Frida Kahlo. Frida Kahlo painted many self-portraits, often with flowers and animals.
5. Which artist made pictures from cut-out paper shapes later in his life? Henri Matisse. Matisse cut shapes from painted paper, which he called drawing with scissors.
6. Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? Michelangelo. Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling in Rome, lying on scaffolding.
7. Which artist is famous for dripping and splashing paint? Jackson Pollock. Jackson Pollock laid canvases on the floor and dripped paint onto them.
8. Pablo Picasso helped start which art style, full of shapes and angles? Cubism. Picasso and Georges Braque started Cubism, showing things from many sides at once.
9. Which artist painted The Scream? Edvard Munch. Edvard Munch, from Norway, painted The Scream.
10. Which artist made pop art pictures of soup cans? Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol made art from everyday things like soup cans.