Belgium's quirky obsession with surrealism
  • 1. Who is considered the father of Belgian surrealism?
A) Salvador Dalí
B) Joan Miró
C) René Magritte
D) Pablo Picasso
  • 2. Where is the Magritte Museum located?
A) Brussels
B) Ghent
C) Bruges
D) Antwerp
  • 3. Which famous surrealist painting features a pipe inscribed with the words 'Ceci n'est pas une pipe'?
A) Guernica
B) The Treachery of Images
C) The Son of Man
D) The Persistence of Memory
  • 4. What year did René Magritte die?
A) 1983
B) 1954
C) 1975
D) 1967
  • 5. Who said 'Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision'?
A) André Breton
B) Pablo Picasso
C) Salvador Dalí
D) Joan Miró
  • 6. In the surrealist manifesto, who is nicknamed 'The Pope of Surrealism'?
A) Pablo Picasso
B) Joan Miró
C) André Breton
D) Salvador Dalí
  • 7. Which famous surrealist artist was born in Ostend, Belgium?
A) Frida Kahlo
B) Salvador Dalí
C) James Ensor
D) Pablo Picasso
  • 8. Which Belgian city is known as the birthplace of artist René Magritte?
A) Schaerbeek
B) Lessines
C) Ixelles
D) Tournai
  • 9. What is the title of René Magritte's famous painting of a bowler-hatted man with an apple hiding his face?
A) The Persistence of Memory
B) Guernica
C) The Treachery of Images
D) The Son of Man
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