Picturesque Journeys

What inspired the three painters to create their best works?

• o   Living in New York and studying painting

• o   Traveling to different places

• o   Living in Mexico

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“No matter where Kahlo lived, she made paintings that were like visual autobiography. What is a visual autobiography?

• o   the story of your life told in images

• o   a large painting

• o   a symbol of home

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Which artist was one of the first American artists to practice a purely abstract style of art?

• o    Farida Kahlo

• o    Georgia O’Keeffe

• o    Paul Gauguin

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  What was an effect of living in New York City on O’Keefe’s art?

• o    her artwork would include tall buildings

• o    She decided to live in the city forever

• o    O’Keefe would learn to hate pollution

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  List three things Georgia O’Keeffe had painted.

She painted ....... Choose 4

• large-scale flowers

• skyscrapers (tall buildings)

• the desert, mountains

• children

• rocks and lave bridges.

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    Why did Gauguin decide to create a new kind of art?

• He believed artists copied each other too often and thought they should try to create something new instead.

• He believed all artists should copy each other too often .

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    Describe what happened when Frida Kahlo was seriously injured from a bus crash.

• She gave up.

• Kahlo had to spend one week lying in bed, resting so she kept watching TV.

• Kahlo had to spend many months lying in bed, resting and staring at the ceiling.  She began painting self-portraits.

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a.     .................. painted self-portraits and images of Mexico.

• Kahlo

• O’Keeffe

• Gauguin

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b.     ..................... painted city areas, large-scale flowers, and desert landscapes.

• Kahlo

• O’Keeffe

• Gauguin

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c.      ............... painted tropical areas.

• Kahlo

• O’Keeffe

• Gauguin

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