Happy Tuesday, readers! We have a treat for all of you art lovers out there in this installment of "Tuesday Trivia." As a nod to Norman Geske’s Beyond Madness: The Art of Ralph Blakelock, 1847-1919, new this month from the University of Nebraska Press, today’s buffet of brain teasers challenges you to match the famous American paintings listed below with the artists who created them. Fancy yourself an American art aficionado? Well, "Hopper" to it! Get it? Hopper. As in Edward Hopper. Oh, forget it! On to the trivia…
1. "The Bath" (1891)
2. "Nighthawks" (1942)
3. "The Rocky Mountains (1863)
4. "Flags on the Waldorf" (1916)
5. "The Peaceable Kingdom" (1834)
6. "Rowing Home" (1890)
7. "American Gothic" (1930)
8. "Turquoise Marilyn" (1962)
9. "Moonlight" (1885)
10. "Freedom of Speech" (1943)
A. Ralph Blakelock
B. Mary Cassatt
C. Edward Hicks
D. Edward Hopper
E. Norman Rockwell
F. Andy Warhol
G. Albert Bierstadt
H. Grant Wood
I. Childe Hassam
J. Winslow Homer
Answers: 1-B; 2-D; 3-G; 4-I; 5-C; 6-J; 7-H; 8-F; 9-A; 10-E
How did you do?
0-2: Now that’s just "Warhol"rrible.
3-5: Experienced some minor "Hicks"ups.
6-8: You "Rock"—"well" done!
9-10: You scored a "Homer"un!