Artwork #1
What did Edvard Munch say his painting "The Scream" represented?
His Soul
Is "A Sunday on La Grand Jatte" Georges Seurat's smallest or largest painting?
Largest
What style is "The Persistence of Memory" by Salvador Dali painted in?
Surrealism
How old was Grandma Moses when she started painting?
78
What year was "Impression Sunrise" by Claude Monet painted?
1872
Is the Scream painted realistically?
No.
What city in France is the park in?
Paris
What art supply/material did he use?
oil paint on canvas
Did Grandma Moses go to art school or have any formal training?
No, she taught herself.
What artistic movement did this painting inspire?
Impressionist Movement
Who did Edvard Munch lose early in his life?
his mother and sister
Is the park on an island in a river?
Yes.
What did Salvador Dali say about this painting?
Dreams and memories/timelessness/time can be confusing/time can melt like the clocks
What does "Folk Artist" mean?
It means a artist/person that has never had the chance to go to art school but still wants to make art so they teach themselves and make art.
What is Monet's hometown?
Le Havre
What else did Edvard Munch deal with?
any of the following is a right answer: Anxiety, trauma, stress
What is Pointillism?
Painting using small dots instead of brush strokes, and/or the style this painting is painted in
What is a subject in this painting besides the melting clocks?
The golden pocket watch being eaten by ants - or the mountains is an acceptable answer
What did Grandma Moses paint?
American farm life/memories from her childhood and life
What did art critics think of impressionism at the time?
They looked down on it, they thought it only gave an "impression" of what was being painted.
What art style was popular at the time? (1893)
Realism
How many years did it take for Georges Seurat to complete the painting?
2 years
What is surrealism?
It is like realism but strange things happen and it stretches reality/weird but real looking art
What does "sugaring off" mean?
“Sugaring off” means the boiling down of maple sap until it thickens into syrup or crystalizes into sugar.
What did Claude Monet want his paintings to be like?
Hazy and almost dreamlike