Vincent Van Gogh Quiz

Vincent Van Gogh Quiz Questions

Self-Portrait, Spring 1887, Oil on pasteboard, 42 × 33.7 cm., Art Institute of Chicago (F 345). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1) When was Vincent Van Gogh born?
a) 30 March 1853
b) 17 June 1848
c) 1 September 1852
d) 3 October 1856

2) Where was Vincent Van Gogh born?
a) Paris
b) Zundert
c) London
d) Amsterdam

3) Which of the following professions was not pursued by Vincent Van Gogh before he became a painter?
a) Art dealer
b) Teacher
c) Sailor
d) Clerk

4) What influenced Vincent Van Gogh’s style of painting?
a) Expressionism
b) Impressionism
c) Phenomenalism
d) Existentialism

5) Where did Vincent Van Gogh paint “Sunflowers”?
a) Florence
b) Zealand
c) Provence
d) Venice

Vincent van Gogh: Irises (1890) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

6) Who was the first woman to reject Vincent Van Gogh?
a) Eudocia
b) Eugenia
c) Pulcheria
d) Dulcinea

7) Which painting was sold by Vincent Van Gogh during his life time?
a) New Church in The Hague
b) Dunes
c) Fisherman on
d) The Red Vineyard

8) How much money did Vincent Van Gogh get for his painting?
a) 400 francs
b) 1000 guilders
c) 2500 pounds
d) 6000 dollars

9) When did Vincent Van Gogh die?
a) 29 July 1890
b) 12 October 1892
c) 14 November 1894
d) 16 June 1900

10) What were Vincent Van Gogh’s last words?
a) The sadness will last forever.
b) The end is near.
c) I return to my home.
d) Holidays have come.

Vincent Van Gogh Quiz Questions with Answers

Red Vineyards near Arles (1888), the only painting Vincent van Gogh is certainly known to have sold during his lifetime. Now in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1) When was Vincent Van Gogh born?
a) 30 March 1853

2) Where was Vincent Van Gogh born?
b) Zundert

3) Which of the following professions was not pursued by Vincent Van Gogh before he became a painter?
c) Sailor

4) What influenced Vincent Van Gogh’s style of painting?
b) Impressionism

5) Where did Vincent Van Gogh paint “Sunflowers”?
c) Provence

6) Who was the first woman to reject Vincent Van Gogh?
b) Eugenia

7) Which painting was sold by Vincent Van Gogh during his life time?
d) The Red Vineyard

8) How much money did Vincent Van Gogh get for his painting?
a) 400 francs

9) When did Vincent Van Gogh die?
a) 29 July 1890

10) What were Vincent Van Gogh’s last words?
a) The sadness will last forever

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