Artist: Edgar Degas (pronounced ed-GAHR deh-GAH) For each of the questions below, circle the letter for the correct answer (1 point
each).
Draw a copy of this artist’s artwork specified on the back of this sheet (3 points).
1. Where and when was this artist born?
A. Figueras, Spain in 1904.
B. Florence, Italy, probably in 1444.
C. Paris, France in 1798.
D. Paris, France in 1834.

2. When did this person decide to be an artist?
A. As a boy, his father took him to museums and galleries and he became interested
in art.
B. He must have shown interest when young in becoming an artist, because he was
apprenticed at age 14 or 15 to a great master painter.
C. When he was an adult and had tried to be an art seller, teacher, book store clerk
and preacher.
D. When he was ten and went to the Louvre with a friend.

3. How did this person learn to be an artist?
A. At a school of fine arts in Madrid, Spain.
B. At an art school run by Pierre Guérin.
C. By copying paintings at the Louvre, and from the best art schools in Paris.
D. Worked under master painter Filippo Lippi, and from other Florentine artists.

4. Who or what influenced this artist?
A. Great works of art; Paris and its people; racetracks, washerwomen; café singers
and ballerinas; Renaissance artists.
B. His favorite authors; Géricault; wild animals; Morocco.
C. The beautiful scenery of Cadaqués; childhood memories; dreams; things, which
frightened him; Pablo Picasso; other Surrealists.
D. The Renaissance era; Filippo Lippi.

5. What was new or special about this artist’s artwork?
A. He made very beautiful work with soft colors. He painted mythological gods and
creatures from ancient Rome and Greece. He used his brush like a pencil to outline
and give a feeling of movement. He painted decorative backgrounds.
B. He painted Impressionist, natural scenes of everyday life. His figures were well
drawn and carefully painted in natural poses. He was a perfectionist.
C. He painted mysterious objects, or familiar objects that have been oddly changed.
D. His art led to Impressionism and other modern art styles. He used bursts of pure
red, blue, lime-green and gold to express moods and feelings. His paintings were full
of action.

6. Which of the following is true about this artist?
A. He was a member of the Impressionists.
B. He was an early Renaissance-era man who was very successful as an artist.
C. His best-known paintings are called surrealistic.
D. Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse all thought he
was the greatest artist.

7. Which art media did this artist use for his/her art works featured in this book?
A. Oil paint only.
B. Oil paint, pastel, monotype, polychromed bronze, etching, soft-ground etching,
aquatint and dry point.
C. Oil paint, pen and ink, halftone illustration, color halftone print, engraved
illustration, and lost wax cast bronze.
D. Tempera, pen, brown ink, brown wash, silverpoint, glue tempera, and egg
tempera.