Famous Artists Quiz

Work of Art	Artist
Mona Lisa
The Scream
The Birth of Venus
Water Lilies (or Nympheas)
Arrangement in Grey and Black: The Artist's Mother aka Whistler's Mother
Woman with a Hat
Creation of Adam
The Young Ladies of Avignon

Work of Art	Artist
The Persistence of Memory
The Starry Night
Bella with White Collar
American Gothic
Man with a Pipe
The Kiss
On the Terrace
Light Iris

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Famous Artists Quiz

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Created Mar 12, 2008 in History
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	AeroE:	Oct 17th, 2008 at 07:55 GMT		17 points
	Whistler's Mother pretty much gives away the answer.

	davidr:	Oct 29th, 2008 at 14:38 GMT		-1 points
	Was it a self-portrait? ;-)

	Lilybert:	Nov 22nd, 2008 at 18:12 GMT		3 points
	Argh! It's Sandro BOTTICELLI, not Bottecelli.

	KC:	Dec 8th, 2008 at 02:09 GMT		5 points
	I love art quizzes!

	Ely:	Jan 14th, 2009 at 16:50 GMT		11 points
	They may have this so don't get mad at me but they should make an art quiz with a picture of the painting.

	Axolotl:	Feb 6th, 2009 at 18:24 GMT		5 points
	How is the artist for Whistler's Mother not the #1 guessed right? It is pretty much a gimme, even if you know nothing of art.

	sevorak:	Feb 14th, 2009 at 00:22 GMT		5 points
	Why put the AKA in for Whistler's Mother? Just give the real name of the painting.

	Jovvit:	Mar 2nd, 2009 at 21:10 GMT		1 point
	@ brian, it is too obvious. I also though that it would be too simple, but it worked

	24601:	Apr 9th, 2009 at 02:03 GMT		1 point
	was hoping for a vermeer...

	Dave42:	May 24th, 2009 at 23:05 GMT		2 points
	I'm surprised scoring just 10 got me in the top 18%. And I missed Whistler! And I keep forgetting who did American Gothic! And the word 'Iris' should have triggered "O'Keeffe" as well. I'm not crazy about this quiz because not all titles are that famous. Sure everyone should recognize Mona Lisa, The Scream, and American Gothic, but I'm sure more people would have recognized Renoir and O'Keeffe if they saw the paintings. Klimt is also quite distinct but I'm not sure how famous he is.

	steeltown:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 05:06 GMT		1 point
	Will someone please, pretty please change the spelling to the correct Botticelli ? Just try clicking on the link for Sandro Bottecelli & see what it gets you: zero!

	qtowndogg:	Jun 3rd, 2009 at 15:50 GMT		3 points
	I didn't know Whistler painted Whistler's Mother until I read these comments. Whistler could be anybody (and no, I haven't heard of him before). Mona Lisa wasn't the painter for the Mona Lisa, so why should Whistler be obvious to a laymen?

	orkneymatrix:	Jul 13th, 2009 at 14:00 GMT		0 points
	not my best work

	donnyc83:	Aug 15th, 2009 at 19:45 GMT		1 point
	can't believe I missed O'Keefe, Bottecelli, and Dali. I could picture American Gothic too knew it started with a G, just couldn't finish.

	Krzysztof:	Aug 26th, 2009 at 21:20 GMT		12 points
	Did I miss the word "painter" or "paintings" in the quiz description? If not, Rodin should be accepted for "The Kiss" as it's arguably one of the most famous sculptures.

	suzyq:	Sep 30th, 2009 at 01:58 GMT		2 points
	Picasso also had a painting titled "Man with a Pipe."

	Alyssa_T:	Oct 1st, 2009 at 08:32 GMT		2 points
	@Kev-Dogg: Probably because the painting's called 'Arrangement in Grey and Black: The Artist's Mother aka Whistler's Mother'. The Artist's Mother, aka Whistler's Mother.

	dawnflower310:	Oct 17th, 2009 at 01:58 GMT		3 points
	Courbet also had a painting called Man with a Pipe.

	Golden:	Jan 4th, 2010 at 23:54 GMT		4 points
	@qtowndogg - because it says 'The ARTISTS MOTHER aka whistlers mother' (emphasis mine). It astounds me that only 41% of people have this right so far... when all you actually have to do is read the clue properly!

	phibbyfan:	Jan 12th, 2010 at 04:22 GMT		0 points
	Hokusai would be a good addition. More famous than some of these.

	CooCooCachoo:	Jan 27th, 2010 at 18:43 GMT		1 point
	Should accept: Van Gogh

	TomLaz:	Feb 10th, 2010 at 19:02 GMT		2 points
	Whistler's mother!!!!!!!!!! A Martian who knew nothing about art could get that one!

	afrownfe:	Feb 23rd, 2010 at 04:26 GMT		1 point
	more art quizzes please!

	alifly21:	Feb 23rd, 2010 at 05:26 GMT		1 point
	Brancusi also made a famous sculpture called the Kiss

	PirateBaller24:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 19:49 GMT		1 point
	Artists draw what other people are terrified of expressing

	mrgregirwin:	Mar 31st, 2010 at 16:01 GMT		-1 points
	fun quiz!!

	ThomastonCT:	Apr 2nd, 2010 at 16:16 GMT		3 points
	Figured "The Kiss" was meant to be Klimt, but tried Rodin to see if it would work too. Probably should, or else change the quiz description. I thuroughly enjoy the lengths this quiz's creator went to to make "Whistler's Mother" a complete give-away.

	Getoka:	May 3rd, 2010 at 14:48 GMT		5 points
	I tried Brancusi and Rodin for The Kiss

	idledandy:	Jun 17th, 2010 at 01:47 GMT		3 points
	I knew all but three or four by the painting, so then I just decided to type in every famous artist I could think of. This netted me Matisse and Cezanne, but I forgot Picasso! How do you forget Picasso?

	WishNightmare:	Aug 1st, 2010 at 10:05 GMT		1 point
	Hm I must have dropped out at art history class.. Wood, Klimt, O'Keeffe.. Never heard about O.o

	picklepants:	Sep 17th, 2011 at 09:13 GMT		0 points
	I can't believe I was so bad at this quiz... I can't believe i missed out Monet & Whistler...They should have shown pictures!

	Veillantif:	Sep 20th, 2011 at 15:14 GMT		5 points
	I wonder if the 58% who didn't get "Whistler" right could name one famous person who died of Lou Gehrig's Disease

	Dumbledorefan37:	Nov 26th, 2011 at 18:25 GMT		1 point
	I got 2 of the questions by guessing the teenage mutant ninja turtles :)

	TMFIEL01:	Jan 8th, 2012 at 02:46 GMT		1 point
	Rodin created a sculpture called the kiss

	chriskotx:	Mar 12th, 2012 at 21:01 GMT		1 point
	You gotta say Sistine Chapel for me to get the Michelangelo one. The specific official name (I guess) didnt bring it to mind.

	ensiform:	Jul 17th, 2012 at 18:33 GMT		0 points
	This should be a guess in order so people don't just list the only ten artists they have ever heard of in a scattershot attempt to make it look like they know jack diddly about art.

	Jonny_Segment:	Sep 2nd, 2012 at 17:09 GMT		1 point
	I'd like to see Rodin accepted, too.

	jimmydoom:	Sep 10th, 2012 at 03:43 GMT		1 point
	edvard munch also created a fairly well known painting called 'the kiss.'

	andr3days:	Mar 12th, 2013 at 17:10 GMT		1 point
	Picasso also has a painting called "Man With a Pipe". Don't know if you did it on purpose but it got me confused so... well played.

	bookworm75:	Mar 12th, 2013 at 21:05 GMT		2 points
	Accept Leonardo, as Da Vinci is not actually his last name. It means "from Vinci"