Thomas Gainsborough was an English portrait and landscape painter. Gainsborough was noted for the speed with which he applied his paint, and he worked more from his observations of nature (and of human nature) than from any application of formal academic rules. The poetic sensibility of his paintings caused Constable to say, “On looking at them, we find tears in our eyes and know not what brings them.” Source: Wikipedia
Thomas Gainsborough Quiz Questions
1. When was Thomas Gainsborough baptized?
a) 1 January 1734
b) 14 May 1727
c) 15 July 1723
d) 5 October 1716
2. Where was Thomas Gainsborough baptized?
a) Sudbury
b) Ipswich
c) Bath
d) Plymouth
3. To which painter was Thomas Gainsborough an assistant?
a) Hubert Gravelot
b) Anthony Van Dyke
c) Gaspard Dughet
d) Claude Lorrain
4. When did Thomas Gainsborough paint Cornard Wood?
a) 1744
b) 1746
c) 1748
d) 1738
5. About whom did Thomas Gainsborough say, “Damn him, how various he is!”?
a) Peter Paul Rubens
b) Horace Walpole
c) John Constable
d) Joshua Reynolds
6. When was Thomas Gainsborough commissioned to paint George III?
a) 1773
b) 1781
c) 1778
d) 1775
7. About which picture’s hanging Thomas Gainsborough quarrelled with Royal Academy of Arts?
a) The Woodcutter Courting a Milkmaid
b) Mr. and Mrs. Andrews
c) Three Eldest Princesses
d) The Painter’s Daughters Chasing a Butterfly
8. Which of the following paintings did Thomas Gainsborough paint in 1785?
a) Mrs. Graham
b) The Blue Boy
c) Isabella Countess of Sefton
d) The Morning Walk
9. When did Thomas Gainsborough die?
a) 3 March 1797
b) 2 June 1794
c) 2 August 1788
d) 1 December 1781
10. Where did Thomas Gainsborough die?
a) Bristol
b) London
c) Dover
d) Antwerp
Thomas Gainsborough Quiz Questions with Answers
1. When was Thomas Gainsborough baptized?
b) 14 May 1727
2. Where was Thomas Gainsborough baptized?
a) Sudbury
3. To which painter was Thomas Gainsborough an assistant?
a) Hubert Gravelot
4. When did Thomas Gainsborough paint Cornard Wood?
c) 1748
5. About whom did Thomas Gainsborough say, “Damn him, how various he is!”?
d) Joshua Reynolds
6. When was Thomas Gainsborough commissioned to paint George III?
b) 1781
7. About which picture’s hanging Thomas Gainsborough quarrelled with Royal Academy of Arts?
c) Three Eldest Princesses
8. Which of the following paintings did Thomas Gainsborough paint in 1785?
d) The Morning Walk
9. When did Thomas Gainsborough die?
c) 2 August 1788
10. Where did Thomas Gainsborough die?
b) London
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