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