April is the month of what...
Earth
May is the month of what artists?
Asian Artists!
10B is the highest B pencil they make
False
Her nationalities, German and Mexican. This dichotomy to her identity was studied in her artwork. Who is she?
Frida Kahlo
Julie Mehretu was inspired by this prominent American painter and a pioneer of Abstract Expressionism.
These "drip marks" on the piece "Convergence" every single one is intentional.
Jackson Pollock
He was married to Frida Kahlo and was the Father of Mexican Murals and was interanationally known for them.
Diego Rivera
A fusion of engineering and art,
this artist's Strandbeests are kinetic.
Theo Jensen
He had to carve into wood backwards for his prints to be facing the right direction...
Hokusai
Gouache is a type of paint.
True!
This South African painter was classically trained in Florence, Italy -BUT- she is also an award winning baker, ceramist, and uses her role as a mother in her current work.
Alice Toich
Who painted this as part of her meditative art practice?
Hilma af Klint
This American portrait artist uses a naturalistic style pose to recreate Renaissance art with the contemporary black man in his work. He is also called "that Obama painter guy"
Kehinde Wiley
Who is this British site-specific sculptor of land art in natural or urban settings?
Andy Goldsworthy
Who plays with gunpowder for a living and it is considered art?!
Cao Guo Qiang
Starry Night was painted by Leonardo da Vinci
um, NO! lol.
Vincent Van Gogh painted Starry Night.
All artists have a specific paint style and Van Gogh was known for his Post Impressionist - expressive, txtrued paint strokes.
This Swedish artist became Western Art's first Abstact Artist. She created work SO advanced, it was hidden from the public. Nearly 80 years later it was critically acclaimed at the Guggeinheim Museum to 665,000 viewers.
Hilma af Klint
This Post-Impressionist artists had over 2,000 pieces of work.
Post- Impressionism focuses on naturalistic light and color...
He is from Groot.
His left ear was due to his fight with fellow artist Paul Gaugin. They were fighting about art styles...
Van Gogh
Famous for wearing this shirt often, he was aso pretty famous for being the Father of Cubism, with famous works like Guernica, and having a "Blue Period" (see the The Old Guitarist) at the back of the room oh and contour line drawings.
Pablo Picasso
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! Time to bet some money based on this subject, "April Artists"
Theo Jensen is from what country?
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Theo Jensen is from what country??
The Netherlands
May Artist, Hokusai, used this color. The use of this color became a significant feature in Japanese art, particularly in ukiyo-e prints, during the late Edo period. It was accidentally discovered in Germany in 1704-ish.
Prussian Blue
True!
Name this artist whose series about the kitchen table addresses life as it happens at the kitchen table.
Carrie Mae Weems
Julie Mehretu
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
Bet up to as much as you have in your bank on this subject, "True or False"
This Post-Impressionist painter of the painting Starry Night, was once studying to be a preacher.
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Vincent Van Gogh
Hungarian-born American conceptual artist makes ecological intervention art
Agnes Denes
This South Korean artist attended the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design. He focuses on memories we bring when we move, which sometimes involves the diasporic experience of migration.
Do Ho Suh
Ms. Dawes earned her undergrad degree from the University of Hawaii
False! I earned my degree from the Univeristy of Minnesota.
This Bennett Prize winner creates ambiguous and alluring narratives revolving around the female experience.
Aneka Ingold
This artist paints with dots.
This New York teacher headed down south to Georgia to chase a passion he discovered on the pottery wheel.
Rich Brown