Pierre-Auguste Renoir Quiz

Pierre-Auguste Renoir – Self Portrait

Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty, and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that “Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau.” – Wikipedia

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Quiz Questions

1. When was Pierre-Auguste Renoir born?
a) 25 February 1841
b) 15 May 1842
c) 23 August 1849
d) 10 December 1835

2. Where was Pierre-Auguste Renoir born?
a) Brussels
b) Limoges
c) Florence
d) Hamburg

3. Who taught painting to Pierre-Auguste Renoir?
a) Jean Ingres
b) Nicolas Poussin
c) Peter Paul Ruben
d) Charles Gleyre

4. When did Pierre-Auguste Renoir paint Le Moulin de la Galette?
a) 1872
b) 1875
c) 1876
d) 1871

5. When did Pierre-Auguste Renoir paint Luncheon of the Boating Party?
a) 1878
b) 1885
c) 1891
d) 1881

6. Who held an exposition of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s paintings in 1892?
a) Claude Monet
b) Alfred Sisley
c) Paul Durand-Ruel
d) Theodore Rousseau

7. Who helped Pierre-Auguste Renoir to make sculptures?
a) Richard Guino
b) Aline Victorine Charigot
c) Jean Millet
d) Frederic Bazille

8. Whose paintings influenced Pierre-Auguste Renoir to paint in classical style?
a) Giovanni Santi
b) Raphael
c) Joshua Reynolds
d) Titian

9. When did Pierre-Auguste Renoir die?
a) 24 March 1921
b) 28 June 1914
c) 12 September 1923
d) 3 December 1919

10. Where did Pierre-Auguste Renoir die?
a) Paris
b) Venice
c) Cagnes-sur-Mer
d) Boston

Pierre-Auguste Renoir Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When was Pierre-Auguste Renoir born?
a) 25 February 1841

2. Where was Pierre-Auguste Renoir born?
b) Limoges

3. Who taught painting to Pierre-Auguste Renoir?
d) Charles Gleyre

4. When did Pierre-Auguste Renoir paint Le Moulin de la Galette?
c) 1876

Le Moulin de la Galette – Pierre Auguste Renoir

5. When did Pierre-Auguste Renoir paint Luncheon of the Boating Party?
d) 1881

Luncheon of the Boating Party

6. Who held an exposition of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s paintings in 1892?
c) Paul Durand-Ruel

7. Who helped Pierre-Auguste Renoir to make sculptures?
a) Richard Guino

8. Whose paintings influenced Pierre-Auguste Renoir to paint in classical style?
b) Raphael

9. When did Pierre-Auguste Renoir die?
d) 3 December 1919

10. Where did Pierre-Auguste Renoir die?
c) Cagnes-sur-Mer