- 1. Who is considered the founding father of French Impressionism?
A) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
B) Edouard Manet
C) Claude Monet
D) Paul Cezanne
- 2. Which art movement directly preceded Impressionism?
A) Realism
B) Cubism
C) Baroque
D) Abstract Expressionism
- 3. Who is known for painting dancers and theatrical scenes in the Impressionist style?
A) Edgar Degas
B) Henri Matisse
C) Camille Pissarro
D) Paul Gauguin
- 4. Which artist is associated with the technique of 'Impasto' where paint is applied in thick layers?
A) Kazimir Malevich
B) Wassily Kandinsky
C) Georges Braque
D) Vincent van Gogh
- 5. Which museum holds the largest collection of French Impressionist paintings?
A) Musée d'Orsay
B) Louvre Museum
C) National Gallery, London
D) The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 6. Who painted the famous 'Luncheon of the Boating Party' depicting a group of friends sharing a meal by the river?
A) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
B) Mary Cassatt
C) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
D) Edouard Manet
- 7. Impressionists aimed to capture the ________ of a scene rather than its exact details.
A) Essence
B) Static nature
C) Linearity
D) Abstraction
- 8. In which city did the first Impressionist exhibition take place in 1874?
A) London
B) New York
C) Berlin
D) Paris
- 9. What was a significant technology that influenced Impressionist artists in capturing fleeting moments?
A) Television
B) Video recording
C) Photography
D) Internet
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