Famous Paintings Recall

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Instructions: Match famous paintings to their artists and museums

1.
Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa' is housed in which museum?
A
The Louvre, Paris
B
National Gallery, London
C
Uffizi Gallery, Florence
D
Prado Museum, Madrid
2.
Who painted 'The Starry Night,' depicting a swirling night sky over a village?
A
Paul Cézanne
B
Claude Monet
C
Vincent van Gogh
D
Paul Gauguin
3.
'The Persistence of Memory,' featuring melting clocks, was painted by which artist?
A
Max Ernst
B
Joan Miró
C
Salvador Dalí
D
René Magritte
4.
Sandro Botticelli's 'The Birth of Venus' can be seen in which Italian museum?
A
Accademia Gallery, Venice
B
Galleria Borghese, Rome
C
Vatican Museums, Rome
D
Uffizi Gallery, Florence
5.
Who painted 'Girl with a Pearl Earring,' sometimes called the 'Mona Lisa of the North'?
A
Peter Paul Rubens
B
Frans Hals
C
Johannes Vermeer
D
Rembrandt van Rijn
6.
Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' depicts a figure on a bridge. In which country was Munch born?
A
Finland
B
Sweden
C
Denmark
D
Norway
7.
Which artist painted 'Water Lilies,' a series of approximately 250 oil paintings?
A
Claude Monet
B
Camille Pissarro
C
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
D
Edgar Degas
8.
Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch' is displayed in which museum?
A
National Gallery, London
B
The Louvre, Paris
C
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
D
Mauritshuis, The Hague
9.
'Guernica,' a powerful anti-war painting, was created by which artist in response to the Spanish Civil War?
A
Diego Rivera
B
Joan Miró
C
Pablo Picasso
D
Francisco Goya
10.
Which American artist is famous for painting 'American Gothic,' showing a farmer and his daughter?
A
Norman Rockwell
B
Andrew Wyeth
C
Grant Wood
D
Edward Hopper
11.
Gustav Klimt's shimmering gold painting 'The Kiss' is housed in which city's museum?
A
Munich
B
Vienna
C
Prague
D
Berlin
12.
Who painted 'Nighthawks,' depicting people in a late-night diner?
A
Grant Wood
B
Norman Rockwell
C
Edward Hopper
D
Thomas Hart Benton
13.
Michelangelo's 'The Creation of Adam' is painted on the ceiling of which famous building?
A
Florence Cathedral
B
St. Peter's Basilica
C
The Pantheon
D
The Sistine Chapel
14.
Which Dutch master painted 'The Milkmaid,' showing a woman pouring milk from a jug?
A
Jan Steen
B
Rembrandt van Rijn
C
Johannes Vermeer
D
Pieter de Hooch
15.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler's famous painting of his mother is officially titled what?
A
Study in Grey: The Artist's Mother
B
Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1
C
Mother Seated
D
Portrait of My Mother

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