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