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Matisse

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 26mins

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Class
Date
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Matisse

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Matisse

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Matisse

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Matisse

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Matisse

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Matisse

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11.

Henri Matisse grew up in...

a)

Germany

b)

Peru

c)

France

d)

Spain

12.

Matisse originally went to school to study...

a)

Architecture

b)

Medicine

c)

Education

d)

Law

13.

Matisses' father was excited that he wanted to be an artist.

a)

true

b)

false

14.

In 1891, Matisse went to ______ to study art full time.

a)

New York

b)

England

c)

Paris

d)

Chicago

15.

Matisse discovered the art of Paul Cezanne, Paul Gaughan, and Vincent VanGogh. He Found their bold and bright colors to be inspiring.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

This Matisse painting is called...

a)

Lady McBeth

b)

Emily in Paris

c)

Woman With A Hat

d)

Mona Lisa's Smile

17.

After Matisse's brightly colored paintings were displayed in an art gallery, a critic called him, "les fauves" (wild beasts). This nickname was meant to be a compliment.

a)

true

b)

false

18.

Over time, Matisse's painting style changed. In 1906, he created this painting, Open Window. His brushstrokes became more choppy like those of VanGogh.

a)

true

b)

false

19.

Later on in Matisse's art career, he was confined to a wheelchair after battling cancer and painting became difficult so he started to create...

a)

paper cut-outs

b)

sculptures

c)

paper mache

d)

prints

20.

From his bed, Matisse would mix a paint color and direct his assistants to apply it to a large piece of...

a)

wood

b)

metal

c)

paper

d)

concrete

21.

Matisse called his paper cut-out process...

a)

paper mache

b)

collage

c)

painting with scissors

d)

masterpiece

22.

In some cases, Matisse's cut-outs took over an entire room like this one called...

a)

Park Day

b)

A Sunday Afternoon

c)

The Swimming Pool

d)

A Day At The Lake

23.

Matisse worked on his cut-outs right up until his death. He inspired a generation of fashion designers and other artists to embrace his bold colors and simple shapes.

a)

true

b)

false

24.

This artwork was made in 1953 and shows Matisse's interest in bright colours. He arranged complementary colours alongside each other to create a vibrant effect. For example, you'll see that by putting green next to red, and blue next to orange the colours seem to buzz and really attract your attention. This Matisse cut-out is called....

a)

Geometric Squares

b)

The Snail

c)

The Elephant

d)

The Crab

25.

The Sorrows of the King is a collage using cut out paper shapes by Henri Matisse in 1952. This is an image of...

a)

A birthday party

b)

dancers

c)

musicians

d)

a circus

26.

Which of these artworks is the best example of Fauvism?

a)
b)
c)
d)
27.

What is the last name of the artist we are talking about? First name is Henri.

a)

Manet

b)

Matisse

c)

Picasso

d)

Degas

28.

What is the name of the country our artist was from?

a)

United States

b)

Spain

c)

Japan

d)

France

29.

Art element that can make 2-D art appear 3-D with objects appearing smaller to show they are farther away or larger to show they are close.

a)

line

b)

space

c)

value

d)

texture

30.

Objects in the back of the picture are in the ___________.

a)

background

b)

foreground

c)

back

d)

midground

31.

Objects in the middle of the picture are in the ____________.

a)

middle

b)

foreground

c)

background

d)

midground

32.

Objects in the front of the picture are in the ___________.

a)

background

b)

foreground

c)

midground

d)

front

33.

Henri Matise was born in _______

a)

1868

b)

1869

c)

1900

d)

1880

34.

He is __________

a)

Spanish

b)

German

c)

French

35.

He invented____________

a)

buildings

b)

sculptures

c)

collages

36.

He wanted to be a (a)  

37.

He became famous after selling some paintings to his (a)  

38.

After being sick in the hospital, when he was 72, he started to cut out shapes, holding the scissors always in__________

a)

perpendicular

b)

horizontal

c)

vertical

d)

diagonal

39.

What's the name of this picture, created by Matisse using the collage technique?

(a)  

40.

Explain to me, in your own words, what do you have to do next Tuesday/Friday in class?

4 lines
41.

What is this artist's first name?

a)

William

b)

Edward

c)

Vincent

d)

Henri

42.

People called Matisse a "Fauve".

What did that mean?

a)

Crazy Man

b)

Wild Beast

c)

Colorful Artist

d)

Paper

43.

Matisse sometimes made art in bed. He did this because...

a)

He was sick.

b)

He was tired.

c)

He was cold.

d)

He felt lazy.

44.

Art made with lots of cut pieces of paper is called...

a)

Mural

b)

Decoration

c)

Sculpture

d)

Collage

45.

Which shapes are Organic. You can pick more than one.

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
46.

Which shapes are Geometric? You can pick more than one.

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
47.

What supplies do you need to make a Collage?

a)

Paper

b)

Paint

c)

Markers

d)

Glue

e)

Scissors

48.

What are the two art styles that we learned about this week?

a)

Squareism and Favoritisim

b)

Cubes and Friends

c)

Cubans and French

d)

Cubism and Fauvism

e)

I don't know

49.

True or False: Picasso and Matisse hated each other.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I don't know

50.

True or False: Matisse and Picasso respected each other.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I don't know

51.

True or False: Matisse and Picasso were rivals.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I don't know

52.

What did Matisse call his art cut out the paper?

a)

painting with scissors’

b)

pop art

c)

Silhouette Art