- 1. Who is considered the founding father of French Impressionism?
A) Claude Monet
B) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
C) Edouard Manet
D) Paul Cezanne
- 2. Which art movement directly preceded Impressionism?
A) Cubism
B) Realism
C) Baroque
D) Abstract Expressionism
- 3. Who is known for painting dancers and theatrical scenes in the Impressionist style?
A) Paul Gauguin
B) Edgar Degas
C) Camille Pissarro
D) Henri Matisse
- 4. In which city did the first Impressionist exhibition take place in 1874?
A) New York
B) London
C) Paris
D) Berlin
- 5. Which artist is associated with the technique of 'Impasto' where paint is applied in thick layers?
A) Wassily Kandinsky
B) Georges Braque
C) Vincent van Gogh
D) Kazimir Malevich
- 6. Who painted the famous 'Luncheon of the Boating Party' depicting a group of friends sharing a meal by the river?
A) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
B) Edouard Manet
C) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
D) Mary Cassatt
- 7. Impressionists aimed to capture the ________ of a scene rather than its exact details.
A) Linearity
B) Static nature
C) Essence
D) Abstraction
- 8. Which museum holds the largest collection of French Impressionist paintings?
A) National Gallery, London
B) Musée d'Orsay
C) The Metropolitan Museum of Art
D) Louvre Museum
- 9. What was a significant technology that influenced Impressionist artists in capturing fleeting moments?
A) Video recording
B) Television
C) Photography
D) Internet
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