#1. This artist painted scenes of upper-class recreation:

Question

#2. Famous for his paintings and drawings of ballet dancers and racetrack scenes in France:

#3. Specialized in painting Impressionistic paintings of "simple moments, capturing the play of light...":

#4. This Impressionist artist "identified more strongly with peasants and rural laborers.":

#5. This artists "work shows the strong influence of Japanese prints:

#6. This artist focused her work on domestic life:


A. Edgar Degas
B. Claude Monet
C. Pierre Renoir
D. Camille Pissarro
E. Mary Cassatt

#1 b

#2 a "didnt find racing, but alot on dances and ballet. confident on this one"

#3 d

#4 c

#5 e

Answer 1

#6. i forgot, i think is B as well

Answer 2

2 is Degas.

3 is Monet.

6 is Cassatt.

You can look up the others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Answer 3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renoir

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pissarro

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Cassatt

Answer 4

thanks, i found them all, except #5. I am leaning more towards Degas, but cannot find where exactly that any of there work is related to the influence of japan prints.

Answer 5

That's a difficult one -- I see several of these painters' names in the article here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japonism

I would be inclined to associate this with Pissarro, but others were influenced, too.