wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Abstract Expressionism, the artists

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is an example of which kind of abstract expressionism?

a)

Colorfield Painting

b)

Action Painting

c)

Hard edge Painting

d)

Messy painting

2.

Even though all of these works are abstract, the personal style of each artist is very distinct. This can only be...

a)

Mark Rothko

b)

Jackson Pollock

c)

Wassily Kandinsky

d)

Willem de Kooning

3.

Even though all of these works are abstract, the personal style of each artist is very distinct. This can only be...

a)

Mark Rothko

b)

Jackson Pollock

c)

Piet Modrian

d)

Willem de Kooning

4.

Even though all of these works are abstract, the personal style of each artist is very distinct. This can only be...

a)

Mark Rothko

b)

Wassily Kandinsky

c)

Piet Modrian

d)

Willem de Kooning

5.

Even though all of these works are abstract, the personal style of each artist is very distinct. This can only be...

a)

Mark Rothko

b)

Jackson Pollock

c)

Wassily Kandinsky

d)

Piet Modrian

6.

Even though all of these works are abstract, the personal style of each artist is very distinct. This can only be...

a)

Willem de Kooning

b)

Jackson Pollock

c)

Piet Modrian

d)

Wassily Kandinsky

7.

Helen Frankenthaler's work falls into what type of abstract expressionism?

a)

Color field painting

b)

Action painting

c)

Hard edge painting

d)

Messy painting

8.

This is an example of which kind of Abstract Expressionism?

a)

Color Field painting

b)

Action painting

c)

Hard edge painting

d)

Messy painting

9.

Abstract Expressionism developed in ...

a)

late 1940s-early 1950s

b)

late 1840s-early 1850s

c)

late 1920s-early 1930s

d)

late1820s-early 1830s

10.

Abstract expressionism is no longer involved in trying to express the illusion of 3D things on a 2D canvas, but instead ________________________.

a)

exploring the limits of a canvas 2 dimensionality

b)

throwing paint on a canvas

c)

creating realistic features

d)

not caring about what the art ended up like

11.

The artists started using "unprecedented sized canvases" to _______________.

a)

to be the biggest

b)

overwhelm their viewers

c)

be IN the painting

d)

no reason

12.

Abstract Expressionism has what kind of compositions?

a)

still life

b)

all over

c)

central subject

d)

portrait