Srtokes of an Artist

I have been coming across quite a few quizes on artists and painters, so i did a little research on the subject and managed to carve out some fine questions . So here is a compilation on some of the greatest artists in history.

1. Thoams Gainsborough ,the English painter is said to have painted his famous 'The Blue Boy' to prove another painter wrong.This painter had said in a lecture that blue should not be 'massed' in a painting .Name him.

The Blue Boy -
2. Which great sixteenth century painter hung this sign on the door of his studio ' The design of Michaelangelo and the colouring of Titian ' ?

3.Which great painter, regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and as the first of the moderns and also "the Father of Modern Art",escaped arrest by running away to Italy with a band of bullfighters?He was nearly hanged in Italy but returned,and later ,became a national hero.

4. Who painted ' The Last Supper in India ' and gave it to St.John's Church ,Kolkata,in 1787 ?Christ was modelled after a greek priest ,Father Parthenio ,St John after a magisterate, and Judas Iscariot after a local auctioneer.He did a similar painting in England.

5.In the Vatican hangs this famous painting - The School of Athens.It was painted in the early sixteenth century and was commissioned by the Pope.The painting has Plato,Aristotle ,Socrates ,Euclid ,Pythagoras and Epicurus in it. Who is the painter?

The School of Athens -

6.This artist has portrayed a Bollywood actress as Europa being gored by 'McBull'- a take-off on an incident in Greek mythology .The 'McBull' is a pun on the artist's name.Name the actress and the artist.

7.Name this great painter who died in 1920 , only thirty five ,after selling very few paintings at a good price and living a riotous life in Paris .He once peeled potatoes to make a living but what are remembered are his portraits of women ,many of them nudes.All of them have oval faces and swan necks.

8.Pope Leo X banned him from the mortury in Rome after he dissected some thirty odd cadavers. Who was this greusome genius? No points for guessing.

9.When Gericault's 'Raft of the Medusa ' was first displayed ,this painter was so excited that he 'ran like a madman through the streets of Paris'.Shortly afterwards ,his first major painting - Dante's Bark - made waves.Name the painter.

Dante's Bark -

10.This famous painter was born in Germany but lived in Switzerland and later moved to England where he became King Henry VIII's court painter .His famous paintings include 'The Ambassadors' and 'The Merchants of Steelyar'.He died during the plague in 1543.Who is the painter.?

The Ambassadors -