1. black
   sky blue
2. orange
   hot pink

The original German title for this well-known work of art is “Der Schrei der Natur” or “The Scream of Nature.” Edvard Munch has explained his inspiration for the painting as “an infinite scream passing through nature,” which he sensed while out on a walk with friends one day.

1. off-white
   olive green
2. blue
   red

Franz Marc was noted for his use of the primary colors: red, yellow and particularly blue, throughout much of his career. He related blue to masculinity and spirituality, both of which have been suggested by art scholars as being very evident in Blue Horses.

1. violet
   brown
2. gray
   orange

Édouard Manet painted A Bar at the Folies-Bergère in 1882. The model in the painting is an actual worker from the famed cabaret music hall. It has been suggested that the inclusion of the oranges is Manet’s subtle indication that the young lady is a prostitute.

1. black
   bright orange
2. blue
   yellow

Johannes Vermeer was well-known for his deeply detailed paintings of women in well-lit domestic settings. His Girl with a Pearl Earring is considered to be one of the most iconic images by a Dutch painter.

1. blue
   orange
2. green
   off-white

The location depicted in this painting is a harbor port in Monet's hometown, Le Havre, in northwestern France. He painted the harbor many times but Impression, Sunrise is the most famous of them all.

1. pink
   pale cream
2. lavender
   green

The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck goes by several other names, including The Arnolfini Wedding, The Arnolfini Marriage, and Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife. The artist’s amazing attention to even minor details is continually a focus of those critiquing the painting.

1. orange
   brown
2. sky blue
   violet

The painting’s Spanish title translates to “The Ladies-in-Waiting.” It has served as an inspiration for many other painters since Velazquez first painted it in 1656. Most notably, perhaps, is Pablo Picasso’s set of 58 paintings, also titled Las Meninas, which are all interpretations of the original.

1. white
   green
2. black
   electric blue

The models in the painting are friends and associates of the artist. The young woman who sits playing with the small dog, for example, is actually Renoir’s future wife, Aline Charigot.

1. black
   blue
2. brown
   gray

The Kiss, titled “Il bacio” in Italian, was painted by Hayez in 1859. It is considered to be one of the best examples of the Italian Romanticism movement and is the work for which Hayez is best remembered.

1. yellow
   midnight blue
2. emerald
   indigo

The Flower Carrier, Diego Rivera’s depiction of a peasant struggling under the weight of a basket of flowers, is often praised for its vivid colors. To achieve the effect, the artist rubbed oil and tempera into hardboard Masonite.

1. gray
   green
2. violet
   lavender

Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte painted his famous self-portrait, The Son of Man, in 1964. In speaking about the painting, Magritte noted “we always want to see what is hidden by what we see.”

1. pink
   emerald green
2. brown
   ash gray

Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s use of color comes in for high praise whenever his 1767 painting, The Happy Accidents of the Swing, is analyzed. It is considered a masterpiece, representing the rococo style of the 18th century which emphasized the use of whites and pastels, as well as intricate and ornate designs.

1. orange, purple and black
   green, burgundy and white
2. red, white and blue
   silver, emerald and gold

The flag depicted in Eugene Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People is the Tricolor of France. The flag is a symbol of revolution and the​ woman personifies Liberty. The outline of Paris can be seen in the background, partly hidden by the battle scene in the foreground.

1. green and yellow
   black and white
2. peach and lilac
   midnight blue and rose

Jacques-Louis David did five versions of this painting – four requested by Napoleon Bonaparte and one for his personal collection. Throughout the series, the horse’s color changes from black and white piebald to chestnut to dappled gray. The horse is most often believed to be Marengo, a famous warhorse belonging to Napoleon.

1. orange
   aqua
2. black
   gold

Grant Wood has explained that his iconic painting, American Gothic, was inspired by an actual house he saw while visiting Eldon, a small town in his native Iowa. The models for the farmer and his wife (or daughter) are Wood’s sister and his dentist.

1. emerald
   turquoise
2. indigo
   brown

The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck includes an ornamental mirror on the wall behind the couple. The details the artist shows in the reflection, as well as the detail in the border of the mirror, frequently draw praise from art critics.

1. jade
   violet
2. off-white
   sky blue

Henri Rousseau describes the moonlight effect in his 1897 painting, The Sleeping Gypsy, as “very poetic.” Similarly, art scholars often note an eeriness and meditative beauty in the painting.

1. green
   silver
2. blond
   cream

The painting gets its name from the bulldog that is handing an ace under the table to the dog seated beside him. His “friend” is “in need” of the ace in order to have all four aces.

1. turquoise
   teal
2. burgundy
   white

In St. George and the Dragon by Paolo Uccello, the knight’s lance lines up with the “eye of the storm” above his shoulder. This is often interpreted as Uccello’s way of representing divine intervention helping Saint George to defeat the beast.

1. blue
   black
2. brown
   gray

At the time of the painting, the Andrews were newlyweds and had no children. It is often suggested that the unpainted area (brown instead of blue) in Mrs. Andrews’ lap was reserved for the addition of a child later on when the couple had one. They had their first child about one year after the painting was done but the change was never made.

1. green
   hot pink
2. chocolate brown
   gold

This 1907 – 1908 oil painting has both gold and silver leaf added into it. It was actually put on display and purchased before it was completed, at a price that was record-breaking at the time. The painting is almost a 6-foot by 6-foot square but most reproductions show it as a rectangle by cropping the sides.

1. cream
   black
2. ivory
   white

Dutch painter Frans Hals painted The Laughing Cavalier in 1624. The subject of the painting remains a mystery but some art scholars have deduced that it was commissioned as a betrothal portrait.

1. crimson
   emerald
2. ebony
   white

Formally titled Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 1, this portrait James Abbott McNeill Whistler painted of his mother has become famously known as Whistler’s Mother. Her name was Anna McNeill Whistler and she was living with her son in London in 1871 when he did the painting.

1. gray
   orange
2. brown
   ivory

Flaming June is Frederic Leighton’s most revered work. It was painted in 1895 and placed on loan at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, in the early 1900s. It was then lost for roughly 30 years before resurfacing in the 1960s.

1. red
   blue
2. green
   yellow

Paul Klee’s Red Balloon is now at The Guggenheim Museum in New York. Klee, who was Swiss, painted in it 1922.

1. sapphire
   marigold
2. black
   mauve

Gilbert Stuart’s 1782 painting is most often referred to simply as The Skater but is also popularly​ known as Portrait of a Gentleman Skating. It measures just over 8 feet high and just under 5 feet wide.

1. hot pink
   golden yellow
2. brown
   white

The Kiss (1859) is considered to be the greatest work by Italian painter Francesco Hayez. Its two kissing figures are the center of the painting but they are unrecognizable as the focus is placed on the kiss and not the kissers.

1. chocolate brown
   red
2. black
   ash gray

The Hireling Shepherd by William Holman Hunt has been taken to have a Biblical reference. The hireling shepherd, who is distracted from his duty of taking care of the sheep, is seen as a contrast to The Good Shepherd (often taken to mean Jesus) who is mentioned in the Bible.

1. marigold
   lilac
2. black
   hot pink

The gentleman in the painting is most often thought to be the 15th century Italian merchant Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini. Other possibilities are Giovanni’s cousin (also named Giovanni) and either of his two younger brothers.

1. ivory
   red
2. silver
   black

By the clock on the wall, the seven dogs sit playing poker at ten minutes past one. The time is generally assumed to be the wee hours of the morning instead of early afternoon.

1. sky blue
   teal
2. lilac
   red

Henri Rousseau wrote a description for his The Sleeping Gypsy in which he explains that the jar is “a vase with drinking water.” He also tells viewers the person in the painting is “a wandering Negress, a mandolin player … overcome by fatigue in a deep sleep.”

1. cream
   ivory
2. red
   beige

Belgian painter René Magritte did several other paintings similar to The Son of Man. In one of them, the apple completely hides the man's face, in another,​ the man’s face is hidden behind a bird. In a third painting, the subject is a woman in the same setting with her face concealed by flowers.

1. brown
   white
2. blond
   golden yellow

One interesting fact about Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1801) by Jacques-Louis David is that when the French general actually led his troops through the Alps, it was on a mule, not a horse. In 1850, another French artist, Paul Delaroche, did a version of the painting called Bonaparte Crossing the Alps in which he placed Napoleon on a mule.

1. black and orange
   yellow and gray
2. brown and green
   pink and purple

The Flower Carrier is a 1935 oil and tempera piece made on Masonite (a type of hardboard). Art scholars tend to note that the beauty of the flowers appears to be of no significance to the peasant whose only interest is getting his heavy load to market for a much-needed sale.

1. cream
   yellow
2. white
   blue

The reclining pose of the nude model in Ingres’ The Grand Odalisque (1814) is directly inspired by a painting done a few years earlier by fellow Frenchman Jacques-Louis David: Portrait of Madame Récamier (1809).

1. amber
   chocolate brown
2. white
   sapphire

Vanitas with Violin and Glass Ball by Pieter Claesz does not bear the artist’s signature. This is because his picture is in the painting, making it a self-portrait. Thanks to his reflection in the glass ball, we can see him at his easel creating the painting.

1. brown
   sky blue
2. cream
   orange

After creating American Gothic in 1930, Grant Wood entered it in a competition at the Art Institute of Chicago. It won the artist a bronze medal for third place and $300.

1. lilac and turquoise
   pink and powder blue
2. white and black
   rose and mint

The room in The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck is often interpreted as being a sacred place. Art scholars see evidence of this in the fact that both the gentleman and the lady have removed their shoes (her red shoes are tucked under the bed).