Quiz: Famous or unknown artist? | How About Orange

January 04, 2008

Quiz: Famous or unknown artist?

View a painting and decide whether it was created by a famous artist or an unknown artist. I was a lucky guesser and only missed one, but learning who the "unknown" artists were was the best part. Take the quiz here.

13 comments:

Ros said...

That's a great quiz. I did very poorly but it was still fascinating.

Hyena In Petticoats said...

I tell you what, ten years at art school has REALLY paid off for me!

I only got the first one wrong, but before I clicked on unknown artist I thought; 'it could be a cezanne' !!

I wasn't expecting the unknowns to be people famous for other things though.....

Good quiz - thanks for the link!

Leah xx

Anonymous said...

wow. who woulda thought?

i love your site and nearly died from boredom over the holidays while you were away. thanks for coming back! :)

Lori said...

I got one wrong, which I can't believe! Seeing who the "unknown" artists are is interesting! Thanks for the interesting link

Meg Blocker said...

100%! And only one art history class under my belt.

Looks like Eisenhower took classes with Bob Ross... ;-)

Jessica Jones said...

Or maybe it's the other way around!

Redshoes said...

Famous... Monet? lol

Anonymous said...

Wow!I had a 75% right score!

Didn 't attend artschool for nothing;)

Laurie said...

There's an arts college in my city that takes this idea one step further - a mystery art auction! You have no idea who the artist is until you win the piece. It may be someone famous, or it may be a student. Either way, lots of fantastic art.

Unknown said...

See also Art or Crap, a quiz at Modesty Panel.

Jessica Jones said...

Oh yeah, that's a fun one. I posted about that awhile back. I love it.

Renae said...

Wow, I also only missed one...I had no idea I was so good. Hee hee. I also didn't expect the the unknowns were "known" but for other things entirely. For instance, I had no idea about Hitler.

smalltownme said...

100% and I've never taken art history! [patting myself on the back]

Love your website!