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This is the fifth Wednesday in April and so today’s post is a Jackpot post. I decided to make it an art quiz. All the artworks are by Impressionists and I’ve provided a clue to the artist below each painting. Can you guess the name of the artwork and the painter?

All the photographs included in this post are by Robbie Cheadle.

The answers are at the end of the post.

Number 1

This painting is by a pioneering Impressionist who, despite being famous for painting ballet dancers, actually preferred to be called a Realist and rarely painted outdoors.

The above sculpture is the only sculpture by this artist to be exhibited during his lifetime. An earlier wax version caused a furore at the Impressionist Exhibition in 1881 due to the incorporation of textiles into the work.

Number 2

This artist was a noted caricature artist in his youth and was charging for his drawings by the age of 15.

The left half of this painting is dominated by red and the right by blue-green. The woman in the foreground is thought to be this painter’s first wife and his oldest son.

Number 3

This artist is the first woman to exhibit at the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874. She used rapid brushstrokes which caused critics to call her work ‘unfinished’.

This painting of a young woman sitting at a wooden table and powdering her face is typical of this artists style of creating a delicate and feminine mood with her work.

Number 4

This painter was a revolutionary French painter who bridged Realism and Impressionism, famously challenging the Paris Salon by painting modern life. He was also known for his ‘stare that kills’ portrait style.

The confrontational gaze of the woman in this painting and the fact that she displays no embarrassment at her nudity, offended and shocked viewers in the 1860s. The name of the painting was associated with prostitutes in Paris at that time.

Number 5

This artist was a successful stockbroker who abandoned his conventional life, career, and family at the age of 35 to pursuit painting full time. He was known for his bold, experimental use of colour and his move to Tahiti to escape the European lifestyle.

This painting derives its name from its subject, Angelique Marie Satre, one of three famous innkeepers in Pont-Aven, where the work was produced. The style is heavily influenced by ‘Japonism’ (Japanese art).

Answers

1. The Little Dancer by Edgar Degas

2. The Poppy Field near Argenteuil by Claude Monet

3. Young Woman Powdering her Face by Berthe Morisot

4. Olympia by Edouard Manet

5. The Beautiful Angel by Paul Gauguin

About Robbie Cheadle

South African author, photographer, and artist, Robbie Cheadle, has written and illustrated seventeen children’s books, illustrated a further three children’s books, written and illustrated four poetry books and written and illustrated one celebration of cake and fondant art book with recipes. Her work has also appeared in poetry and short story anthologies.

Robbie also has two novels and a collection of short stories published under the name of Roberta Eaton Cheadle and has horror, paranormal, and fantasy short stories featured in several anthologies under this name.

You can find Robbie Cheadle’s artwork, fondant and cake artwork, and all her books on her website here: https://www.robbiecheadle.co.za/

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