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Friday, October 29, 2004

This week's Friday Brain-Teaser from xrefer tests your knowledge of painters. Answers here

1. Which British artist painted a famous picture called "The Hay Wain" in 1821?
2. Which Italian artist painted the ceiling and rear wall of the Sistine Chapel?
3. Which 20th-century American artist originated the painting technique known as "drip" or "action" painting?
4. How many of Van Gogh's paintings were sold during his lifetime: one, twenty-one or sixty-one?
5. Which French painter was stunted in growth and painted posters for the Moulin Rouge?
6. Which artist represented melting clocks in his 1931 painting "The Persistence of Memory"?
7. Which French artist's 1872 picture "Impression, Sunrise" gave the impressionism movement its name?
8. Which Dutch artist painted the famous picture called "The Laughing Cavalier" in 1624?
9. Was Mark Rothko born in Italy, Russia or the USA?
10. What name is usually given to the artist who was born Domenico Theotocopoli in Crete in 1541?

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