Impressionism Quiz
Try out this Impressionism quiz to test your knowledge. Impressionism Trivia trivia explores the groundbreaking 19th-century art movement that emerged in France and challenged academic painting with loose brushwork, modern subjects, and a new attention to light.
15 questions
~3 min to finish
Easy to hard difficulty
370 pts max score
Question 1 · Medium · 20 pts
What small foreground scene-stealer appears in Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party?
Question 2 · Hard · 40 pts
Which Morisot work appeared in the very first Impressionist exhibition?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
Degas pushed to include which kind of artists in later Impressionist exhibitions?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
Despite living mostly in France, Sisley was legally what by birth?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
On which Caribbean island was Pissarro born?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
In the 1877 Impressionist exhibition, Monet showed a group of paintings centered on which Paris station?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
Who showed A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte at the final Impressionist exhibition in 1886?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
Which Impressionist acted as both organizer and financial backer of the 1876 exhibition?
Question 9 · Easy · 10 pts
Which painter created Impression, Sunrise, the work that gave Impressionism its name?
Question 10 · Easy · 10 pts
Which Impressionist artist is especially famous for paintings of ballet scenes?
Question 11 · Easy · 10 pts
Who painted Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette in 1876?
Question 12 · Easy · 10 pts
Which American painter was associated with the Impressionists?
Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts
Which woman artist was one of the founders of Impressionism?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
Impression, Sunrise shows the port of which French city?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
What was the name of the official French art exhibition that often rejected Impressionist works?