What Famous Painting Best Reflects Your Personality?

By: Jennifer Post
Estimated Completion Time
6 min
What Famous Painting Best Reflects Your Personality?
Image: Sami Sarkis/Photographer's Choice RF/Getty Images

About This Quiz

Artists have existed for thousands of years across the globe, working to portray human emotion in visual form. Some of these pieces have become incredibly famous, and others that are being created now will only be famous long after we are gone from this earth. 

Art is personal, open to interpretation, and what the artist originally intended can get lost over time or be immortal. Works can take on different meaning depending on how we feel and interpret visual cues, even if what they mean to us isn't what they meant to the artist. As people develop personalities and different likes and dislikes, pretty much everything can conform to that personality, good or bad. 

Going to a museum is like taking a ride in a time machine. All of the paintings you look at are a piece of history, even if it's a history we don't know or remember. The energy that gets passed on from a painter's hand through the brush to the canvas is electrified when your eyes meet it, especially for the first time. You make an impression of it right away, and that impression may please our delight you. But at the very least, it will make you think. Want to know what famous painting best reflects your personality? Take this quiz to find out!

What is an ideal way to spend your only day off from work?
Staying inside, getting chores done
Getting outside as much as possible
A fun picnic by the lake or beach
Wallowing that I only get one day off from work
Which of the below words do you think describes your essence best?
Modest
Whimsical
Carefree
Dramatic
If Halloween were tomorrow, what would you dress up as?
A farm girl
A peacock
Scarlett O'Hara
Miss America

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Where would you purchase a little summer cottage?
On a hillside in France
At the top of tall hill so I have a better view of the stars
By the beach in Georgia or South Carolina
I'd like one of those underground Hobbit holes
At what point in history do you think would be fun to travel back to?
When the pyramids were built
The first trip to the moon
I'd like to go to the future, actually.
All of the end of war celebrations
Have you ever thought about what you would have been in a past life?
I've always thought it would be cool to know
I know I was a star in a way past life
I hope I was something fancy like a posh debutante
I try not to think about it, this life is rough enough

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For your dream home, what do you hope to see when you look out the window?
A nice, steady rainfall
The Milky Way
A grassy field with wildflowers
A bustling city street
When you finally clock out for the day, what's the first thing you want to do?
Curl up on the couch and take a nap
Relax for a few minutes before getting on with the rest of my day
Make a nice dinner
Cry about having to go back the next day
Do you read deeper into what people say than necessary?
All the time
If the situation calls for it
I tend to take what people say at face value
Why? What have you heard?

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What is your favorite breakfast to eat when you're traveling?
Oatmeal, because it's pretty much the same everywhere
What the locals eat
A croissant or pastry with an omelet and latte
A classic continental breakfast provided by the hotel
For everyday life, what is your normal hair style?
Just up in a pony-tail
I'm bringing back the top knot
Down in loose curls
I sleep in braids, and then take them out and live with whatever comes out
Are you the kind of person that helps out anyone in need regardless of what you would have to sacrifice?
I'm usually the one that needs help
Definitely, I always have something to give
It depends on what the person needs help with
I would die for someone

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Pretend to make your bed right now. How do you do it?
Just straighten out the comforter
Fluff the pillows and rough up the blankets, but make it look nice
Pull the sheets tight, comforter up to the top of the bed, pillows all lined up
I don't make my bed
If you are on a road trip with a destination in mind, do you still want to stop along the way?
Nah, I just want to get there
Yes! That's half the fun of a road trip
Only if there's something specific I want to see
I'll stop for gas and food and stuff
Which day of the week would you be?
Monday
Friday! The best day of the week
Wednesdays are the perfect middle of the road
Sundays because I'm in a permanent state of the Sunday scaries

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Were you ever excited about the first day of school?
Nope, only the last day of school
Excited and super nervous
I'd get really excited about the first day, and then never again
Who gets excited about school?
During a much anticipated spa day, what treatment are you most looking forward to?
An anti-aging facial
A full body mud mask wrap thing
Traditional Swedish massage, 90 minutes
Sitting in the whirlpool for hours
Which "negative" thing about you do you actually see as a positive?
That I can't focus on one particular thing
That I'm a little lost in the clouds
That I care too much
I'm always looking to what's next

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Did you go to amusement parks a lot when you were a kid?
Only on school field trips
You kidding? I still go to amusement parks
We went to Disney World like every year
Only once, it gave me anxiety
What's the best amusement park/carnival food?
Corn dogs are the absolute best. I could eat 40 of them
Funnel cake with an ice cream sundae on top
Frozen lemonade
Any kind of candy bar, deep fried
What kind of art are you decorating your house with?
Removable wallpaper with a geometric pattern on it
Anything by Thomas Kinkade
I love the look of watercolor paintings
Tribal masks and statues

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How often do you feel like the world is crashing in around you?
A few times a month
Almost never
Sometimes, but I can always pull myself out of it
Like, every weekend
Do you like to wear primarily dark colors or bright colors?
Muted bright colors if that makes sense
I like darker tones, like jewel tones
Light pastels
Gray and black is the primary of my wardrobe
When you go to a museum, how do you prioritize what you see?
I follow the path they create for you at the front desk
I look for interactive stuff first
I love the old-fashioned rooms they have all set up like they were back in the day
I just walk around until something catches my eye

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Did you have to take art class in school or was it an elective?
We had to take it
It was required and it was my favorite class
We didn't have to take it but most kids did
It was an elective that I did not take
Would you say you are a judgmental person?
I'm super hard on myself
Nope, everyone is just doing their own thing
I tend to be a little judgy
I try not to judge others, but it happens
What about art are you most drawn to?
When it's subdued but sends a powerful message
Pretty colors and is easy to decipher
I love art that stands the test of time
The drama behind it

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Have you ever created art that you're really proud of?
I think the delicious food I cook is art
I'm not great at traditional forms of art
I built a really sweet sandcastle once
Not normally, but there have been a few times
Is it important that your home style matches all of the other styles in your life like your clothes, music or movies?
It can all be different
I like it all to coordinate, but not match perfectly
I think people can have all sorts of styles
I don't even think I have a defined style
If you could pick an artist to paint your portrait, who would you pick?
Leonardo da Vinci
Vincent van Gogh
Georges Seurat
Edvard Munch

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