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