Question

Vrai(true) or Faux(false)
1. Matisse grew up in a poor community in France.
2. He went to college and got a Law degree before becoming a painter.
3. His father encouraged him to pursue a career in the Arts and painting.
4. Matisse passed the entrance exam to Art school on his 2nd try.
5. He nick-named Paul Cezanne(a french artist), "The God of Painting".
6. "Fauvism" is a style of painting that Matisse followed.and he is well known for
7. One of Matisse's Art exhibitions sold out in just 1 day.
8. He had cancer and was cared for by a group of nuns for almost 2 years__
9. To show his gratitude, Matisse paid a young artist to remodel the Nuns' church.
10. Matisse found a love for creating "collages" in the early stages of his career.

Answer 1

Answer: 1. V,   2.V,   3.F,   4.F,   5.F,   6.V,   7.F   8.F   9.F   10.F

Explanation:

3 His mother encouraged him. His father was disappointed.

4. He failed the first entrance exam. He became a student of Gustave Moreau at l'Ecole des beaux arts.

5. He called Cezanne "the father of us all"

7. His early exhibitions receives a lot of criticism; at a later two of his paintings were purchased by the state.

8. He had cancer and was cared for by a young lady who later became a nun.

9. He helped design the chapel in collaboration with the nun.

10. Matisse found a love for collages late in his career when he was unable to paint.