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La Mousmé, by Vincent van Gogh - Test
  • 1. In what year did Vincent van Gogh paint La Mousmé?
A) 1890
B) 1888
C) 1885
D) 1880
  • 2. Where was van Gogh living when he painted La Mousmé?
A) Saint-Rémy
B) Arles
C) Paris
D) Auvers-sur-Oise
  • 3. What does 'mousmé' mean in English?
A) A French peasant
B) A type of brushstroke
C) A young Japanese girl
D) A Dutch flower
  • 4. What artistic movement is La Mousmé associated with?
A) Post-Impressionism
B) Baroque
C) Renaissance
D) Cubism
  • 5. What is the primary medium of La Mousmé?
A) Tempera
B) Charcoal
C) Oil on canvas
D) Watercolor
  • 6. What color dominates the background of La Mousmé?
A) Blue
B) Green
C) Yellow
D) Red
  • 7. What inspired van Gogh's concept of a mousmé?
A) Japanese prints
B) Dutch masters
C) African sculpture
D) Greek mythology
  • 8. Where is La Mousmé currently housed?
A) National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
B) Musée d'Orsay, Paris
C) Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
D) Metropolitan Museum, New York
  • 9. What flower appears in the background of the painting?
A) Irises
B) Sunflowers
C) Oleander
D) Roses
  • 10. What technique is evident in the brushwork of La Mousmé?
A) Impasto
B) Pointillism
C) Sfumato
D) Grisaille
  • 11. What literary work inspired the term 'mousmé' for van Gogh?
A) Emile Zola's Germinal
B) Victor Hugo's Les Misérables
C) Pierre Loti's Madame Chrysanthème
D) Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist
  • 12. How does the lighting appear in the painting?
A) Even and direct
B) Dramatic chiaroscuro
C) Candlelit
D) Backlit
  • 13. What emotion does the color scheme likely intend to evoke?
A) Vitality and intensity
B) Mystery and darkness
C) Calm and tranquility
D) Melancholy and sadness
  • 14. What distinctive feature characterizes the brushwork in 'La Mousmé'?
A) Geometric precision
B) Pointillist dots
C) Bold, visible brushstrokes
D) Smooth, blended surfaces
  • 15. Which other artist was living with van Gogh in Arles when he painted 'La Mousmé'?
A) Claude Monet
B) Paul Gauguin
C) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
D) Camille Pissarro
  • 16. What is the approximate dimensions of the painting?
A) 73.3 x 60.3 cm
B) 120 x 90 cm
C) 100 x 80 cm
D) 50 x 40 cm
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