Julian Schnabel Quiz Questions and Answers
1. In which year was Julian Schnabel born?
a) 1945
b) 1951
c) 1960
d) 1970
Answer: b) 1951
2. Where was Julian Schnabel born?
a) Los Angeles, California
b) Brooklyn, New York
c) Chicago, Illinois
d) Houston, Texas
Answer: b) Brooklyn, New York
3. What is Julian Schnabel primarily known as?
a) Painter and filmmaker
b) Sculptor and musician
c) Writer and actor
d) Architect and photographer
Answer: a) Painter and filmmaker
4. Which art movement is Julian Schnabel most associated with?
a) Abstract Expressionism
b) Neo-Expressionism
c) Minimalism
d) Pop Art
Answer: b) Neo-Expressionism
5. What is a distinctive feature of Schnabel’s “plate paintings”?
a) Use of neon lights
b) Digital prints on canvas
c) Broken ceramic plates set onto large-scale paintings
d) Watercolor techniques
Answer: c) Broken ceramic plates set onto large-scale paintings
6. Which of the following films did Julian Schnabel direct?
a) The Godfather
b) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
c) Pulp Fiction
d) Inception
Answer: b) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
7. For which film did Schnabel win the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director?
a) Basquiat
b) Before Night Falls
c) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
d) Miral
Answer: c) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
8. Which award did Schnabel win for directing The Diving Bell and the Butterfly?
a) Oscar for Best Director
b) Golden Globe for Best Director
c) BAFTA for Best Director
d) Emmy for Best Director
Answer: b) Golden Globe for Best Director
9. Where did Schnabel study for his BFA?
a) Yale University
b) University of Houston
c) School of the Art Institute of Chicago
d) Rhode Island School of Design
Answer: b) University of Houston
10. What unconventional material did Schnabel use in his paintings to challenge traditional art?
a) Sand
b) Plastic beads
c) Broken crockery
d) Metal scraps
Answer: c) Broken crockery
11. In which city did Schnabel have his first solo exhibition in 1975?
a) New York
b) Houston
c) Los Angeles
d) Paris
Answer: b) Houston
12. Which gallery hosted Schnabel’s breakthrough solo show in 1979?
a) Gagosian Gallery
b) Pace Gallery
c) Mary Boone Gallery
d) Whitney Museum
Answer: c) Mary Boone Gallery
13. Schnabel participated in which prestigious international art event in 1980?
a) Documenta
b) Venice Biennale
c) Whitney Biennial
d) Art Basel
Answer: b) Venice Biennale
14. What was the title of the 2002 Red Hot Chili Peppers album for which Schnabel created the cover art?
a) By the Way
b) Californication
c) Stadium Arcadium
d) Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Answer: a) By the Way
15. Who was featured on the cover of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ By the Way album?
a) Schnabel’s wife
b) Schnabel’s daughter, Stella
c) Schnabel’s mother
d) A fictional character
Answer: b) Schnabel’s daughter, Stella
16. Which film by Schnabel became Javier Bardem’s breakthrough Academy Award-nominated role?
a) Miral
b) Basquiat
c) Before Night Falls
d) At Eternity’s Gate
Answer: c) Before Night Falls
17. In which year did Schnabel direct the film Basquiat?
a) 1996
b) 2000
c) 2007
d) 2010
Answer: a) 1996
18. What material did Schnabel often use in his large-scale paintings to evoke folk art?
a) Velvet
b) Glass
c) Aluminum
d) Paper
Answer: a) Velvet
19. Which of the following is NOT a film directed by Julian Schnabel?
a) Miral
b) At Eternity’s Gate
c) The Grand Budapest Hotel
d) Berlin
Answer: c) The Grand Budapest Hotel
20. What is the name of Schnabel’s residence and studio in New York, designed to resemble a Venetian palace?
a) Palazzo Chupi
b) Villa Medici
c) Casa Grande
d) Chateau Marmont
Answer: a) Palazzo Chupi
21. Which museum hosted a retrospective of Schnabel’s work titled “Permanently Becoming and the Architecture of Seeing” in 2011?
a) Museum of Modern Art, New York
b) Museo Correr, Venice
c) Tate Gallery, London
d) Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Answer: b) Museo Correr, Venice
22. Schnabel’s paintings often blur the distinction between which two styles?
a) Realism and Surrealism
b) Impressionism and Expressionism
c) Abstraction and Figuration
d) Cubism and Futurism
Answer: c) Abstraction and Figuration
23. Which of Schnabel’s films is based on the life of Vincent van Gogh?
a) Before Night Falls
b) At Eternity’s Gate
c) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
d) Miral
Answer: b) At Eternity’s Gate
24. What job did Schnabel take to support himself while struggling as an artist in the 1970s?
a) Cook
b) Teacher
c) Janitor
d) Security guard
Answer: a) Cook
25. Which of Schnabel’s paintings is installed in the foyer of the Frankfurt Opernturm?
a) The Walk Home
b) Ahab
c) St. Sebastian
d) Portrait of Agnes Gund
Answer: b) Ahab