Daily Quiz | On Vincent van Gogh Premium

On the occasion of his 170th birthday, a quiz on the post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh who is regarded as one of the most influential figures in Western art history

Daily Quiz | On Vincent van Gogh

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1 / 7 | Simple one to begin with. What was van Gogh’s nationality?

Answer : He was Dutch

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2 / 7 | Name the type of Japanese prints that he collected and which inspired his own art.

Answer : ukiyo-e

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3 / 7 | Name the painting that the artist is certain to have sold during his career before his suicide in 1890.

Answer : The Red Vineyard

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4 / 7 | In Akira Kurosawa’s surreal film Dreams, which Oscar-winning filmmaker played the troubled painter?

Answer : Martin Scorsese

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5 / 7 | He is said to have painted seven of these similar paintings of which five are in museums, one is in a private collection and another was lost during World War II. What specific set?

Answer : Sunflowers in a vase

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6 / 7 | Vincent was keen on setting up an artists’ community at his house in Arles. Name the only artist to take up the offer.

Answer : Paul Gauguin

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7 / 7 | In 1990, whose portrait fetched $82.5 million, a record price for a van Gogh work at auction?

Answer : Portrait of Dr. Gachet

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