Gator Artists
Art in Movies and TV
Nude Descending a Starcase, No.2
Artists who did Graphic Design
Art and Murder
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University of Florida alumni Gabriel Martinez is known for works such as the one shown here from his "Self Portraits by Heterosexual Men" series. Martinez was born and raised in this Floridian city where one of the Art Basel satellite fairs is held.
Where is Miami?
400
"Woman in Gold" is a film based on the true story of Maria Altmann's legal battle with the government of Austria to reclaim a painting of her aunt that this Austrian artist painted, who is well known for his golden portraits.
Who is Gustav Klimt?
400
This work, Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2, is by this French artist who is known for being a progenitor of early conceptual art, with works such as Fountain.
Who is Marcel Duchamp?
400
This tiny French guy is known for his Art Noveau posters.
Who is Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec?
400
This artist was shot by Valerie Solanas, a radical feminist, right outside of The Factory in New York City.
Who is Andy Warhol?
800
University of Florida alumni Mernet Larsen received her BFA in 1962. In 1967, she took a position at another university in Florida. She would teach at this bovine-led university until her retirement in 2003.
Where is the University of South Florida?
800
This iconic Doctor Who episode involves the Eleventh Doctor going back in time to visit this 19th century Dutch artist. The episode ends with The Doctor bringing him back to the 21st century to see an exhibition of his work at the Musée dÓrsay.
Who is Vincent van Gogh?
800
The work was presented at the 1912 Salon des Indépendants in Paris, France. When presented, it was rejected by this group of artists, who depicted subjects from multiple perspectives, for being too Futurist.
Who are the Cubists?
800
The logo for the Spanish candy company Chupa Chups was designed by this Spanish surrealist artist.
Who is Salvador Dalí
800
This Italian Baroque artist murdered Ranuccio Tomassoni, possibly due to a bet on a tennis match.
Who is Caravaggio?
1200
University of Florida alumni James Rizzi made the cover for the debut album by the Tom Tom Club. The Tom Tom Club are an offshoot band of my favorite band, whose vocalist is David Byrne.
Who are the Talking Heads?
1200
Shown here is an artwork that appears in an episode of The Sopranos. It is a knockoff of an artwork by this British artist.
Who is David Hockney?
1200
The photographer who inspired this work, who is famous for his chronophotographic series of a galloping horse.
Who is Eadweard Muybridge?
1200
The artist who designed the visible poster is well-known for his engagement with street culture and graffiti.
Who is Shepard Fairey?
1200
In 1985 Ana Mendieta fell from her the 34th-floor apartment in New York City. The main suspect in her death was her husband, an American minimalist sculptor who passed away in 2024.
Who is Carl Andre?
1600
University of Florida alumni Miguel Luciano has two works of art currently on view and within the collection of this art museum in Washington D.C., which has two connected buildings, one designed by John Russell Pope and the other by I.M. Pei.
Where is the National Gallery of Art?
1600
This movie was a collaboration between Salvador Dalí and Walt Disney Animation Studios that began production in 1945 and was eventually completed and released in 2003.
What is Destino?
1600
The 1992 painting Ema by this German artist is a reference to Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2
Who is Gerhard Richter?
1600
The shown 1924 poster was designed for the Belgian fashion company Norine by this Belgian Surrealist.
Who is René Magritte?
1600
German expressionist artist Otto Dix was arrested in 1939 with the charge of plotting to assassinate this major World War II figure.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
2000
Though not an alumni, Jerry Uelsmann was a very important faculty member for the 28 years he worked at the University of Florida. This landscape photographer, who was 32 years his senior, went as far to call him the Eighth Wonder of the World."
Who is Ansel Adams?
2000
The Simpsons episode "The Seven-Beer Snitch" includes this Canadian-American architect. Marge invites him to Springfield to build a concert hall, similar to the Walt Disney Concert Hall he built in Los Angeles, California.
Who is Frank Gehry?
2000
The piece caused a scandal at the 1913 edition of this art exhibition in New York City. This art exhibition's name was re-introduced in 1994 as an art fair and has been held annually ever since then.
What is the Armory Show?
2000
This Spanish artist designed these posters in relation to the peace movement, which is suiting due to previous depictions of war he has depicted.
Who is Pablo Picasso?
2000
One of the fathers of the discipline of art history was this openly gay German man, who was mysteriously murdered in 1768 by a fellow guest at a hotel he was staying at.
Who was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?