ZWT 8 ~ French Artists of the 19th Century Challenge

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This Challenge showcases the French Forum



Start Date: July 20

End Date: July 31 deadline midnight Zaar Time

Player Limit: 3 per team
Challenge Type: Individual Non-Cooking
Points:
5 points for answering all 15 questions correctly
4 points for answering 14 questions correctly
3 points for answering 13 questions correctly
2 points for answering 6-12 questions correctly
1 point for answering 0-5 questions correctly


The French have many things to be proud of, including fine wine, delicious world-famous cuisine, and famous French musicians and artists that have changed the way the world views art and all things beautiful.

The Impressionism movement in painting took place during the mid to late 1800s and was partially due to the advent of photography. Painters were ready to break away from creating only realistic pieces and wanted to start capturing what a camera could not; the colorful details of the image.

When the famous painter Edouard Manet was refused a spot in a prestigious gallery for his non-traditional art, a group of experimental French painters led a revolt against the established art salons. They created playful and artistic paintings to evoke the energy of the image without replicating the actual picture. Though initially dismissed as trivial works by critics, the movement grew to what is now considered an important period in art history. There are many famous French Impressionist works in prestigious museums around the world.

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This Challenge is to see how much you know about French Artists of the 19th Century.

Three members of your team can answer the following questions and zmail their answers to lazyme.

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS THREAD WITH YOUR ANSWERS!


1. This French neo-impressionist painter who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the pointillist style.




2. In 1894, she became the first woman painter to be admitted to the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.


3. This painter’s painting was hung upside down for 46 days without anyone noticing at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.


4. "A Cotton Office in New Orleans", garnered favorable attention back in France, and was his only work purchased by a museum during his lifetime.



5. Generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, "The Walking Man" is one of his sculptures.


6. This painter’s beloved, informal gardens provided him with endless subject matter. To this day, they have been preserved and remain a popular tourist attraction.



7. “Rue de Paris; temps de pluie” is almost unique among his works for its particularly flat colors and photo-realistic effect.




8. This painter worked as a laborer on the Panama Canal construction; he was dismissed from his job after only two weeks.




9. The term 'impressionism' was coined in a satirical review of an art exhibition in April of 1874, which included Monet's Impression, Sunrise painting. Who was the critic?



10. This artist’s painting ‘The Boy in the Red Vest’ was stolen from a Swiss museum in 2008 and recovered in a Serbian police raid in 2012.




11. This painter was a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists. She was described by Gustave Geffroy in 1894 as one of "les trois grandes dames" of Impressionism alongside Marie Bracquemond and Mary Cassett.



12. After arthritis crippled his hands, this painter had assistants tie brushes to his wrist so that he could continue painting.


13. In a 2005 auction at Christie's auction house a new record was set when “La blanchisseuse” sold for $22.4 million U.S. Who was the artist?


14. This painter created “Olympia” in response to being challenged to give the Paris Salon a nude painting to display.


15. This painter joined a Zouave regiment in August 1870, a month after the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. On November 28 of that year he was with his unit at the Battle of Beaune-la-Rolande when, his officer having been injured, he took command and led an assault on the German position. He was hit twice in the failed attack and died on the battlefield at the age of twenty eight.


Please remember to:

1) Zmail lazyme with your answers.

2) Include your team name.

3) Post in this thread that you have completed the quiz. Include your team name and banner.

3) Check back in the thread to check that your team has been given your points for answering the challenge correctly.

[lazyme]

Scoreboard

Zmail received

Bistro Babes Status - Completed 13 points
1. Dreamgoddess
2. Nancy's Pantry
3. K9 Owned

The Wild Bunch Status - Completed 14 points
1. KateL
2. pammyowl
3. gailanng

Diners, Winers and Chives Status - Completed 14 points
1. Lainey6605
2. mersaydees
3. Bonnie G #2

Om Nom Nommers Status - Completed 15 points
1. MikeKey
2. CJAY
3. Jostlori

Jammin' Jazzberries Status - Completed 14 points
1. HokiesMom
2. ChefPotPie
3. bigbadbrenda

The Fearless Red Dragons Status - Completed 15 points
1. Starrynews
2. morgaaingeiser
3. diner524

Chefs Gone Wild Status - Completed 15 points
1. Nif
2. Tea Girl
3. alvinakatz

Lively Lemon Lovelies Status - Completed 13 points
1. Karen Elizabeth
2. Chocolatl
3. Cadillacgirl

The Herbaceous Curvaceous Honeys Status - Completed 15 points
1. Muffin Goddess
2. breezermom
3.LifeIsGood

[lazyme]

Answers


Here are all of the correct answers and how they were scored.


1. Paul Signac
2. Suzanne Valadon
3. Henri Matisse
4. Edgar Degas
5. Auguste Rodin
6. Claude Monet
7. Gustave Caillebotte
8. Paul Gauguin
9. Louis Leroy
10. Paul Cezanne
11. Berthe Morisot
12. Pierre-Auguste Renoir
13. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
14. Edouard Manet
15. Frederic Bazille

Per person for a max of 15 points per team:
5 points for answering all 15 questions correctly
4 points for answering 14 questions correctly
3 points for answering 13 questions correctly
2 points for answering 6-12 questions correctly
1 point for answering 0-5 questions correctly

[Karen Elizabeth]

I'll do this challenge for the Lively Lemons

[Chocolatl]

I would also like to do this challenge for the Lively Lemon Lovelies.

[Mikekey]

For team

(Team Turquoise)

I have sent answers.

[Karen Elizabeth]

Karen Elizabeth wrote:


I'll do this challenge for the Lively Lemons

I've sent my answers to lazyme, challenge complete

[Chocolatl]

My answers have been sent!

[KateL]

KateL from THE WILD BUNCH has sent an email to lazyme with the answers.

[Muffin Goddess]

Muffin Goddess will do this challenge for The Herbaceous Curvaceous Honeys

[Cadillacgirl]

I've zmailed in my answers to be the 3rd and final member of the Lively Lemon Lovelies to do the challenge!

[CJAY]

CJAY has sent answers.

[Muffin Goddess]

answers have been sent

[Starrynews]

Count me in for The Fearless Red Dragons, thank you!

[Lainey6605]

Count me in for the Diners, Winers and Chives please.