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Modern Art Essentials

Modern Art

A quiz covering the foundational figures and movements of 20th-century modern art.

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15 Questions Easy Ages 5+ Nov 2, 2026

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1 Which artist is famous for painting 'The Starry Night'?

A Vincent van Gogh
B Claude Monet
C Pablo Picasso
D Salvador Dalí

2 Who is the artist behind the surrealist painting 'The Persistence of Memory' featuring melting clocks?

A Henri Matisse
B Salvador Dalí
C Jackson Pollock
D Andy Warhol

3 Which art movement is Pablo Picasso most famous for co-founding?

A Impressionism
B Surrealism
C Cubism
D Pop Art

4 Who created the iconic 'Campbell's Soup Cans' series, a staple of the Pop Art movement?

A Roy Lichtenstein
B Jasper Johns
C Andy Warhol
D Keith Haring

5 Which painter is widely considered a pioneer of abstract art?

A Wassily Kandinsky
B Edgar Degas
C Pierre-Auguste Renoir
D Gustav Klimt

6 Which famous painting by Edvard Munch depicts a figure with an agonized expression on a bridge?

A The Kiss
B The Scream
C The Night Cafe
D The Persistence of Memory

7 What is the name of the art style that uses small, distinct dots of color to form images?

A Pointillism
B Realism
C Baroque
D Minimalism

8 Henri Matisse was a leader of which early 20th-century movement characterized by vivid, non-naturalistic colors?

A Fauvism
B Dada
C Futurism
D Precisionism

9 Which American artist is known for his 'drip technique' in large-scale abstract paintings?

A Mark Rothko
B Jackson Pollock
C Edward Hopper
D Grant Wood

10 Frida Kahlo is a world-renowned artist primarily associated with which country?

A Spain
B Argentina
C Mexico
D Brazil

11 Which iconic painting by Grant Wood depicts a farmer and his daughter standing in front of a farmhouse?

A Nighthawks
B American Gothic
C The Gleaners
D Christina's World

12 What object did Marcel Duchamp exhibit as a piece of art titled 'Fountain' in 1917?

A A bicycle wheel
B A wine bottle rack
C A urinal
D A snow shovel

13 Which artist painted the famous series of water lilies at his home in Giverny?

A Claude Monet
B Paul Cézanne
C Georges Seurat
D Edouard Manet

14 The movement known as Dada emerged primarily as a reaction to which historical event?

A The Industrial Revolution
B World War I
C The Great Depression
D The French Revolution

15 Which painting by Edward Hopper depicts people sitting in a late-night urban diner?

A Sunday on the Island of La Grande Jatte
B Nighthawks
C The Persistence of Memory
D Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

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