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Available art treasure hunts (4)
Groninger Museum Route
Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Ontdek kunst en architectuur in Groningen. Wandel langs het kleurrijke Groninger Museum, street art en bijzondere gebou…
Kunst
15-16 year
Utrecht Street Art Fietsroute
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Ontdek de mooiste street art en muurschilderingen van Utrecht per fiets. Van kleurrijke murals tot verborgen kunstwerke…
Kunst
13-14 year
Kunst en cultuur in het Hofkwartier
Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Wandel door het kunstzinnige Hofkwartier en ontdek de rijke kunstgeschiedenis van Den Haag. Van Vermeer tot Mondriaan -…
Kunst
15-16 year
Architectuur en kunst op Kop van Zuid
Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Bewonder de spectaculaire skyline van Kop van Zuid, waar wereldberoemde architecten hun stempel hebben gedrukt. Van de …
Kunst
13-14 year
Featured this week: example questions for Painting
New example questions from the library every Monday. Updated on 12 October 2026.
What do you call a painting that looks very much like reality?
Realistic
Abstract
Modern
Fantasy
Which paint is hardest to clean again?
Oil paint
Watercolour
Pencil
Chalk
What shape does a traditional painter's canvas usually have?
Rectangle
Circle
Triangle
Star
What time of day did Monet often paint?
Different times for light
Only at night
Only in the morning
Only in the evening
What colour will you get if you mix all the colours of the rainbow?
Brown or grey
White
Black
Gold
What is impressionism?
A painting style with loose brushstrokes
Painting with only black and white
Painting with geometric shapes
Painting on small cloths
Where do you store different colours of paint while painting?
On a palette
On a plate
In a glass
On paper
Which base colour can you NOT make by mixing other colours?
Red
Green
Purple
Orange
Which painter is famous for his water lily paintings?
Claude Monet
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Edgar Degas
Paul Cézanne
What is 'impasto' in painting?
Thick layer of paint
Thin layer of paint
Mixed colours
Brush technique
Which art movement is characterised by fused clocks?
Surrealism
Cubism
Expressionism
Impressionism
What does 'Renaissance' literally mean?
Rebirth
New time
Golden age
Art period
Which Dutch painter is famous for his 'Sunflowers' paintings?
Vincent van Gogh
Piet Mondrian
Jan Steen
M.C. Escher
In which period did Rembrandt van Rijn live?
17th century
16th century
18th century
19th century
What is a 'self-portrait'?
Painting of yourself
Portrait of a friend
Painting of a king
Abstract artwork
Which Dutch painter cut off his own ear?
Vincent van Gogh
Rembrandt van Rijn
Johannes Vermeer
Piet Mondrian
Who painted the famous work 'The Starry Night'?
Vincent van Gogh
Claude Monet
Paul Cézanne
Henri Matisse
What does 'impasto' mean in painting technique?
Applying paint thickly
Transparent painting
Mixing colours on the canvas
Using only black and white
Which artist is associated with 'ready-mades'?
Marcel Duchamp
Man Ray
Francis Picabia
Tristan Tzara
What technique did Jackson Pollock mainly use?
Drip painting
Pointillism
Collage
Fresco
Who painted 'Guernica'?
Pablo Picasso
Salvador Dalí
Joan Miró
Francisco Goya
In which art movement did the technique of 'pointillism' originate?
Neo-impressionism
Fauvism
Expressionism
Symbolism
What technique is used to suggest depth in a painting?
Linear perspective
Chiaroscuro
Impasto
Sfumato
Which painter is also called 'the master of light'?
Caravaggio
Rubens
Velázquez
El Greco
Which painter is known for his 'white paintings'?
Robert Ryman
Ad Reinhardt
Agnes Martin
Ellsworth Kelly
Which Dutch painter is known for his extreme precision in rendering light and texture?
Johannes Vermeer
Frans Hals
Jacob van Ruisdael
Pieter de Hooch
What characterised Piet Mondrian's painting style in his mature period?
Straight lines and primary colours
Organic shapes and earth tones
Impressionist brushwork
Symbolic representations
What technique did Caravaggio use for his dramatic lighting effects?
Direct exposure from a single source
Diffuse light from all sides
Golden backgrounds
Artificial colour contrasts
What is characteristic of the 'Pittura Metafisica'?
Dreamy, timeless atmospheres with strange objects
Realistic portraits
Abstract colour fields
Geometric patterns
What does the term 'sfumato' mean in Leonardo da Vinci's painting?
Soft transitions without hard lines
The use of gold accents
Geometric composition
Perspective through colour gradient
What is 'scumbling' as a painting technique?
A thin, transparent colour coating over a dry undercoat
Thick paint straight from the tube
Mixing colours on the canvas
Scrape away paint for texture
Which painter is considered the founder of analytical cubism?
Pablo Picasso
Henri Matisse
Wassily Kandinsky
Paul Cézanne
Which art movement is characterised by Piet Mondrian's work in his later period?
De Stijl/Neo-plasticism
Cobra
New Objectivity
Constructivism
What is the main feature of Byzantine painting?
Religious iconography with gold backgrounds
Realistic portraits
Landscape paintings
Abstract compositions
Which French painter is famous for his ballet dancers?
Edgar Degas
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Édouard Manet
Which art movement is characterised by the famous painter Salvador Dalí?
Surrealism
Cubism
Expressionism
Fauvism
What characterises the 'Scuola di Barbizon' in painting?
Outdoor landscape painting
Religious topics
Portrait painting
Abstract compositions
Which painter is known for the work 'The Birth of Venus'?
Sandro Botticelli
Raphael
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
What is 'grisaille' in painting technique?
Painting exclusively in shades of grey
The use of gold details
Painting on glass
Mixing different media
In which country did the 'Hudson River School' of landscape painters originate?
United States
Canada
England
Netherlands
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