Grace Hartigan Trivia Quiz: An American Painter

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Grace Hartigan was an American Abstract Expressionist painter and a member of the New York School in the 1950s and 1960s. Her friends included Jackson Pollock, Larry Rivers, and Helen Frankenthaler, and her paintings are held by major institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art. Hartigan studied mechanical drafting and painting with Isaac Lane Muse, and her early career was characterized by total abstraction. Later, she incorporated recognizable motifs and characters into her work. In addition to painting, Hartigan influenced young artists as the director of the Maryland Institute College of Art's Hoffberger School of Painting.
 

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What was the name of the series of paintings Hartigan collaborated on with Frank O'Hara?

  • Six by Six

  • Oranges

  • River Bathers

  • Greek Girl

Who influenced Hartigan's painting?

  • Henri Matisse

  • Claude Monet

  • Leonardo da Vinci

  • Vincent van Gogh

Who were Hartigan's friends in the New York School?

  • Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet

  • Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali

  • Jackson Pollock, Larry Rivers, and Helen Frankenthaler

  • Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein

What was the title of Hartigan's painting selected by the Museum of Modern Art in 1953?

  • Six by Six

  • Oranges

  • River Bathers

  • The Persian Jacket

What institution holds some of Hartigan's paintings?

  • The Louvre Museum

  • The Tate Modern

  • The National Gallery of Art

  • The Museum of Modern Art

Who was the patron that bought The Persian Jacket for the Museum of Modern Art?

  • Alfred Barr

  • Dorothy Miller

  • Alexander Bing

  • Grace Hartigan

What did Hartigan study in college?

  • Mechanical drafting

  • Art history

  • Architecture

  • Literature

What was the name of the school where Hartigan influenced young artists?

  • The Hoffberger School of Painting

  • The New York School of Art

  • The Maryland Institute of Art

  • The School of Visual Arts

What was Grace Hartigan's artistic movement?

  • Impressionism

  • Abstract Expressionism

  • Surrealism

  • Pop Art

What was the name of Hartigan's first solo exhibition?

  • Six by Six

  • Oranges

  • River Bathers

  • The New American Painting

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