Q 01/05

Which two early Manet paintings, shown in 1863 and 1865, caused the great scandals?

A) Music in the Tuileries and The Railway

B) Olympia and The Fifer

C) The Spanish Singer and The Balcony

D) Luncheon on the Grass and Olympia

Answer · why

D) Luncheon on the Grass and Olympia

They are called watershed paintings marking the start of modern art.

Q 02/05

Which career did Manet's father originally intend for him?

A) Lawyer

B) Naval officer

C) Diplomat

D) Cavalry officer

Answer · why

B) Naval officer

He sailed to Rio on a training vessel in 1848 and failed the Navy exam twice.

Q 03/05

Under which academic painter did Manet study from 1850 to 1856?

A) Thomas Couture

B) Charles Gleyre

C) Jean-Léon Gérôme

D) Alexandre Cabanel

Answer · why

A) Thomas Couture

Couture was later horrified by pupils' 'degenerate' subjects like The Absinthe Drinker.

Q 04/05

Which two Spanish masters and one Dutchman shaped Manet's early style?

A) Velázquez, Ribera and Rubens

B) El Greco, Murillo and Rembrandt

C) Zurbarán, Goya and Vermeer

D) Velázquez, Goya and Frans Hals

Answer · why

D) Velázquez, Goya and Frans Hals

He copied Velázquez and Titian in the Louvre and travelled in the 1850s.

Q 05/05

At which 1863 alternative exhibition was Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe shown?

A) Salon des Refusés

B) Salon d'Automne

C) Salon des Indépendants

D) Exposition Universelle

Answer · why

A) Salon des Refusés

Napoleon III set it up after the jury took only 2,217 of 5,000 submissions.