Famous Artists
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Wacky Art Facts
100
I was obsessed with shoes growing up, which led me to becoming a graphic designer for a fashion magazine. I rose to fame with my signature wig & awkward personality which caused quite the scene! I carried a tape recorder everywhere and my final artworks before my untimely death was experimenting with the first computer in the late 1980s.
Andy Warhol
100
I have to say, I don't understand what all the fuss is about. I mean, really, it's just a small painting of a woman with a smirk on her face.
Mona Lisa
100
painting outdoors
en plein air
100
Tasmanian landscape - rubbish dump
"The Claiming of Things" by Joan Ross
100
In 2003, For five hours, the Tate Modern did not realise I had stuck my artwork on their walls. Who am I?
Banksy
200
In 1799, I was appointed first court painter, the highest position available to an artist at the Madrid court. I became prolific in painting and etching, often depicting the true horrors of my country. What many people forget is, I was deaf!
Francisco Goya
200
I recently had the misfortune of encountering this artwork, and I must say it was an utterly underwhelming experience. This so-called masterpiece consists of nothing more than a chaotic jumble of blue and white paint splatters on a canvas
Blue Poles
200
the atmosphere of a time period
zeitgeist
200
A group of men having dinner - wearing sandals
The Last Supper
200
In my front yard, my deceased brother was buried, who was born exactly one year before I was. He also had the same name as me. Who am I?
Vincent Van Gogh
300
At the age of 31, I stopped doing art in pursuit of chess. I gained the title of a chess master in 1925, and later participated in the Chess Olympiads! However, I will be forever known for "my" signature which caused quite a scandal.
Marcel Duchamp
300
"A preliminary drawing for a wallpaper pattern is more finished than this seascape! This painting makes any person a poor blind viewer trying to see through this fog or supposed sunrise!"
Impression Sunrise by Claude Monet
300
peculiar or individual
idiosyncratic
300
Statue of a 12 year old boy - slingshot
David
300
I was not famous until I was stolen! What am I?
The Mona Lisa
400
When I was 13, I was sent to work in a military factory where I was tasked with sewing and fabricating parachutes for the Japanese army during WW2. This led me to start to have hallucinations..which would eventually inspire by artmaking
Yayoi Kusama
400
Instead of conveying a genuine Australian beach experience, it feels more like a nightmarish tableau frozen in time...and what's with the babies having abs?!
Australian Beach Pattern by Charles Meere
400
In 1971, with the encouragement of Geoffrey Bardon, a European art teacher, taught a group of Aboriginal men which lately became known as the _______ ____ Movement.
Papunya Tula
400
Nude man - crouched over - knuckles on chin - bronze
The Thinker
400
I was painted in a psych ward overlooking the French countryside...from barred windows.
Starry Night
500
I was named after an Italian city, that my family escaped after my father and grandfather died during the plague. I had a reputation for a short temper, and was arrested for significant crimes at least 11 times! (I even killed a man in a duel). Despite by early death at the age of 38, I became known as a master of light & shadow.
Caravaggio
500
Walking around the ramps created a dizzying experience, to say the least. I was with my grandmother and she too felt nauseous and it was difficult to control her wheelchair on this downward slope. To make matters worse, the giant skylight above caused me to almost get sun burn on my neck - I advise wearing a hat!
Guggenheim Museum, New York City
500
multiple appropriations in the one artwork
patische
500
Pro-abortion protest sign - face
Your Body is a Battlefield
500
Apart from oil, identify 2 of the 4 other ingredients to traditionally make oil paint
olive oil, milk, eggs, lime and earth pigments for colour