20th Century Art Movements and Influences Quiz

Discover key figures and styles in modern art movements. Can you identify the founders and masterpieces?

#1

Which art movement sought to depict the subconscious mind and dreams?

Cubism
Surrealism
Impressionism
Fauvism
#2

Who is considered the founder of Cubism?

Pablo Picasso
Salvador Dali
Vincent van Gogh
Henri Matisse
#3

Who is the artist associated with the 'Campbell's Soup Cans'?

Andy Warhol
Jackson Pollock
Mark Rothko
Roy Lichtenstein
#4

Which art movement focused on expressing emotion through color and form?

Fauvism
Minimalism
Pointillism
Cubism
#5

Who is the founder of the Bauhaus school?

Walter Gropius
Le Corbusier
Frank Lloyd Wright
Mies van der Rohe
#6

Which art movement emerged in response to World War I and embraced the machine age?

Futurism
Surrealism
Dadaism
Abstract Expressionism
#7

Which artist is associated with the art movement known as Dadaism?

Marcel Duchamp
Jackson Pollock
Georgia O'Keeffe
Claude Monet
#8

Who painted 'The Persistence of Memory,' featuring melting clocks?

Salvador Dali
Pablo Picasso
Vincent van Gogh
Claude Monet
#9

Who is considered the pioneer of Abstract Expressionism?

Jackson Pollock
Georgia O'Keeffe
Piet Mondrian
Wassily Kandinsky
#10

The 'International Style' in architecture emerged primarily in which century?

19th century
20th century
18th century
21st century
#11

Who is known for his 'mobiles'—kinetic sculptures that move with air currents?

Alexander Calder
Joan Miró
Marcel Duchamp
Louise Bourgeois
#12

Which art movement was characterized by geometric shapes and primary colors?

Suprematism
Cubism
Surrealism
Dadaism
#13

Which art movement emphasized spontaneity and the unconscious in its works?

Abstract Expressionism
Cubism
Pop Art
Futurism
#14

Who is known for his 'cut-out' technique, creating large collages with colorful paper?

Henri Matisse
Pablo Picasso
Paul Cézanne
Georges Braque
#15

Who was a prominent figure in the Mexican Muralism movement?

Diego Rivera
Frida Kahlo
David Alfaro Siqueiros
José Clemente Orozco
#16

Who is associated with the 'Happening' art events of the 1960s?

Allan Kaprow
Christo
Jasper Johns
Robert Rauschenberg
#17

Who is known for his 'Great Migration' series, depicting the African-American migration from the South?

Jacob Lawrence
Romare Bearden
Aaron Douglas
Augusta Savage

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