 | Charles-Francois Daubigny (1817-1878) Famous Painter Quiz |
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| Coverage : Charles-Francois Daubigny (1817-1878) Famous Painter Quiz is designed to test your knowledge of this famous painter. How much do you think you really know about Charles-Francois Daubigny? This Charles-Francois Daubigny (1817-1878) Famous Painter Quiz will give you new insight into the life and work of this famous painter. | | 1. | Charles-Fran‡ois Daubigny was one of the painters of the Barbizon school, and is considered an important precursor of? | | a. | | Abstract art | | b. | | Surrealism | | c. | | Cubism | | d. | | Impressionism | | | | 2. | Daubigny was born into a family of painters and was taught the art by his father and his? | | a. | | mother | | b. | | brother | | c. | | uncle | | d. | | cousin | | | | 3. | Initially Daubigny painted in a traditional style, but this changed after what year when he settled in Barbizon to work outside in nature? | | a. | | 1840 | | b. | | 1841 | | c. | | 1842 | | d. | | 1843 | | | | 4. | From 1852 onward he came under the influence of who? | | a. | | Karl Hagedorn | | b. | | Gustave Courbet | | c. | | Beauford Delaney | | d. | | Leonardo da Vinci | | | | 5. | In 1866 Daubigny visited England, eventually returning because of the Franco-Prussian war in? | | a. | | 1867 | | b. | | 1869 | | c. | | 1870 | | d. | | 1873 | | | | 6. | Daubigny's finest pictures were painted between 1864 and 1874, and these for the most part consist of carefully completed landscapes with trees, river and a few what? | | a. | | birds | | b. | | ducks | | c. | | snakes | | d. | | rabbits | | | | 7. | Daubigny is chiefly preferred for his what pictures? | | a. | | ducks | | b. | | riverside | | c. | | shoreline | | d. | | village | | | | 8. | On his famous boat Botin, which he had turned into a studio, he painted along
the Seine and? | | a. | | Oise | | b. | | Oiue | | c. | | Ouse | | d. | | Osie | | | | 9. | It has been said that when Daubigny liked his pictures he added another duck or two,
so that the number of ducks often indicates greater or less artistic quality in his pictures? | | a. | | True | | b. | | False | | | | 10. | One of his sayings was, "The best pictures do not sell," as he frequently found his finest achievements little understood? | | a. | | True | | b. | | False | | |
What others think about Charles-Francois Daubigny (1817-1878) Famous Painter | | By: Aumkar on 10/12/2008 | |
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| By: Kath on 10/11/2008 | |
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| By: Alice on 10/10/2008 | | | Its a very good Quiz. It rocks my socks!!!!! |
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| By: Samantha on 10/9/2008 | | | This is so cool. Even though I really did not know some of the questions, it was still fun! |
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| By: Sridhar on 10/8/2008 | | | Its a really good way to brush up things and informative also. |
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