The Old Musician, by Édouard Manet - Test
  • 1. In what year did Édouard Manet complete 'The Old Musician'?
A) 1881
B) 1855
C) 1870
D) 1862
  • 2. Where is 'The Old Musician' currently housed?
A) The Louvre, Paris
B) Musée d'Orsay, Paris
C) National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
D) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • 3. What instrument is the central figure playing?
A) Accordion
B) Flute
C) Guitar
D) Violin
  • 4. Which artistic movement is Manet most associated with?
A) Impressionism
B) Baroque
C) Romanticism
D) Surrealism
  • 5. Which famous Spanish painter's work influenced Manet's composition?
A) Diego Velázquez
B) Salvador Dalí
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Francisco Goya
  • 6. Which art critic famously wrote about 'The Old Musician'?
A) Clement Greenberg
B) Charles Baudelaire
C) Harold Rosenberg
D) John Ruskin
  • 7. What technique did Manet use that was controversial at the time?
A) Photorealistic detail
B) Flat areas of color and visible brushstrokes
C) Gold leaf application
D) Abstract forms
  • 8. What was the original French title of the painting?
A) Le Musicien Solitaire
B) Les Musiciens de Rue
C) Le Joueur de Violon
D) Le Vieux Musicien
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