True or False: Art

Explication : TRUE! Mona Lisa indeed has no visible eyebrows. Some think they faded over time, others that it was the fashion of the era.

Explication : FALSE! Picasso was Spanish, born in Málaga in 1881. He lived most of his life in France but never changed nationality.

Explication : TRUE! The painting was stolen from the National Museum of Oslo in 1994, then from the Munch Museum in 2004. Both works were recovered.

Explication : FALSE! It was Michelangelo who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling between 1508 and 1512, commissioned by Pope Julius II.

Explication : TRUE! Sold for $450.3 million at Christie's in 2017, it holds the absolute record for an artwork sold at auction.

Explication : FALSE! Impressionism was born in France in the 1860s-1870s, with artists like Monet, Renoir, Degas, and Pissarro.

Explication : TRUE! Of about 200 works, 55 are self-portraits. She said: "I paint myself because I am often alone and I am the subject I know best."

Explication : FALSE! Banksy is British, probably from Bristol. His real identity remains a mystery, but he is confirmed as being English.

Explication : TRUE! Van Gogh painted this masterpiece in June 1889 from his room at the asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, where he had committed himself.

Explication : FALSE! Cubism was founded by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque around 1907-1908. Dalí was a Surrealist, a movement that appeared later.

Explication : TRUE! Contrary to legend, Michelangelo worked standing on scaffolding, head tilted back, which caused him terrible pain.

Explication : FALSE! The title refers to a street in Barcelona's red-light district (Carrer d'Avinyó), not the French city. They are prostitutes.

Explication : TRUE! His cataracts affected his color perception. His late Water Lilies show more red/yellow tones, reflecting his altered vision.

Explication : FALSE! "Fountain" (1917) is an overturned urinal signed "R. Mutt". This provocative work revolutionized the concept of art in the 20th century.

Explication : TRUE! Johannes Vermeer produced very few works (34-37 attributed). He worked slowly and methodically, hence the rarity of his paintings.

Explication : FALSE! Dadaism (1916) preceded Surrealism (1924). André Breton, founder of Surrealism, was first a Dadaist before creating his own movement.

Explication : TRUE! In 1888, they lived together in the "Yellow House" in Arles for 9 weeks. Their tumultuous relationship ended with the ear-cutting incident.

Explication : FALSE! The statue was already armless when discovered on the island of Milos in 1820. Her arms had disappeared long before, probably in antiquity.

Explication : TRUE! Yves Klein filed a patent in 1960 for International Klein Blue, an ultravivid ultramarine blue he used in his famous monochromes.

Explication : FALSE! The Louvre opened in 1793. The Vatican Museums (1506), British Museum (1759) and others preceded it. The oldest would be the Capitoline Museums (1471).