Despite discouragement from family, this artist persevered to pursue dreams of being an artist. He/She studied landscape painting and drawing and won several awards for the portraits he/she made. Who is this artist?

This piece was an important milestone for the artist’s career by attracting the attention of an influential cardinal which led to larger-scale religious commissions for the artist.

Many artists are influenced by other artists. Most of the statements are true except one.

Choose each one that is true.

Which artist’s early art career years were spent in Europe where he/she experimented with Post-Impressionism and Cubism?

In the ___, art collectors were becoming interested in the process of painting—how paintings were created.

______ capitalized on this interest of how art was created and sold oil sketches as finished works.

The Texas museum situated inside a Spanish Colonial-style mansion is the ____.

Which describes Monet’s training to become an artist?

This artist was focused on the spiritual values of art and had an interest in color symbolism. With over 150 of his/ her works at the Guggenheim Museum, this artist is known as the Patron Saint of the Guggenheim. Who is this artist?

This person gave their art collection and most of their estate to the Museum of Fine Arts Houston making him/ her one of the largest donors to a museum in American history.

This event was the Catholic response to the Protestant Reformation. It led to reforms in the Catholic Church as well as a more simplified, easy to understand art that would still fill the viewer with emotions.

The ______ opened in 1961 to house the collection

of western art amassed by the museum's namesake. Expanding on an original collection of

400 paintings, drawings, and sculptures by Frederic Remington and Charles Russell—

the single most important collection of works by these artists—the museum now

encompasses a wide range of 19th and 20th century American paintings, drawings,

prints, and sculptures, as well as photographs from the early days of the medium to

the present.

The _____ is one of the largest art museums in the United

States. Established in 1903, the museum's collection has grown to over 24,000 objects,

dating from the third millennium B.C. to the present day. The museum is known for

its educational programs, its impressive exhibitions, and its vast and diverse

permanent gallery.

Opened in 1941, the ______, is home to one of

the finest collections in the world. It began when the U.S. Congress agreed to accept

a gift from Andrew W. Mellon of his art collection and the money for construction of

the museum’s original building and also agreed to provide government funds to

support the operation of the new museum. It grew to its present status through gifts

from hundreds of other donors. The mission of the Gallery is to serve the nation by

preserving, collecting, exhibiting, and fostering the understanding of works of art.

The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art is located in

The Meadows Museum is located on a university campus.