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