Q 01/05

In which country was René Magritte born?

A) France

B) Belgium

C) Netherlands

D) Switzerland

Answer · why

B) Belgium

Belgium: born in Lessines, he spent three years among the Surrealists abroad, then came home for good, choosing a quiet middle-class life over a bohem...

Q 02/05

What does the French caption on Magritte's The Treachery of Images say, in English?

A) This is a pipe

B) This is not a pipe

C) This is only an image

D) This is not a painting

Answer · why

B) This is not a pipe

This is not a pipe: Magritte's defence was that nobody could stuff it with tobacco, so writing 'This is a pipe' would have been a lie.

Q 03/05

In Magritte's The Son of Man, what hovers in front of the man's face?

A) A green apple

B) A white dove

C) A bouquet of flowers

D) A grey cloud

Answer · why

A) A green apple

A green apple: it is one of the few pictures Magritte meant as a self-portrait, and he painted it with his own face hidden.

Q 04/05

In which US city is Magritte's The Treachery of Images on display?

A) Houston

B) Philadelphia

C) Los Angeles

D) Boston

Answer · why

C) Los Angeles

Los Angeles: its county museum, LACMA, named a whole 2006 exhibition after the painting, tracing its pull on later artists such as Andy Warhol and Jas...

Q 05/05

What hat do the dozens of floating men wear in Magritte's Golconda?

A) Bowler hats

B) Top hats

C) Berets

D) Flat caps

Answer · why

A) Bowler hats

Bowler hats: Magritte wore one himself as the uniform of the anonymous middle-class man, only for it to become his personal trademark.