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The term 'Impressionism' and the Impressionists movement is taken from the title of a piece of work by which French painter?

a) Claude Monet b) Edouard Manet c) Camille Pissarro

a) Claude Monet

 

During which decade did the Impressionists movement first come to prominence?

a) 1870s b) 1890s c) 1910s

a) 1870s

 

Which French art critic coined the term 'Impressionists' in the newspaper Le Charivari?

a) Emile Faguet b) Francois Mauriac c) Louis Leroy

c) Louis Leroy

 

The 1870 piece 'View of the Saint-Martin Canal' today displayed at the Musee d'Orsay is a composition from which painter?

a) Henri Matisse b) Alfred Sisley c) John Constable

b) Alfred Sisley

 

Many Impressionists were said to have painted 'en plein air' - how does that French term translate to English?

a) In open air b) Full of energy c) Under the influence

a) In open air

 

Today housed at the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Scene d'ete is an oil on canvas piece from which Impressionist?

a) Georges Seurat b) Frederic Bazille c) Mary Cassatt

b) Frederic Bazille

 

Which of the following was a leading figure in the British Impressionist movement with his landscapes and seascapes?

a) Phillip Wilson Steer b) John Martin c) Francis Bacon

a) Phillip Wilson Steer

 

The piece 'After the Bath, Woman drying herself' was a composition from which French impressionist?

a) Edgar Degas b) Picasso c) Andre Derain

a) Edgar Degas