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A painting is usually known by its image rather than its author, which is why artists are easier to forget than titles. Below: the pairs worth memorising, and the ways of recognising a style.
Choose your difficulty
Pick a level to start playing. You can switch at any time.
How to play
Read the painting, then tap the painter.
Tip: your progress and best score are saved in this browser only.
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ArtWhat you are actually practicing
Most people recognise a painting by its image and forget who made it. That is not carelessness: the image is what people remember, and the name is what nobody repeats. This game drills the pairing in the direction most people lose it.
It also trains style recognition, which is the transferable part. Knowing that a work is a Renaissance religious painting, a Dutch still life or a Spanish portrait tells you a great deal before you read the label.
How the game works
You are shown a painting and four painters. Pick the painter. A wrong pick reveals the answer immediately.
Easy uses the works everyone knows. Medium widens the set. Hard uses the full list, including the ones that appear in art history courses rather than in films.
The pairings worth knowing
The obvious ones: Mona Lisa — Leonardo da Vinci, The Starry Night — Vincent van Gogh, Guernica — Pablo Picasso, The Scream — Edvard Munch.
The Dutch and Spanish: Girl with a Pearl Earring — Johannes Vermeer, The Night Watch — Rembrandt, Las Meninas — Diego Velázquez.
The Renaissance: The Birth of Venus — Sandro Botticelli, The School of Athens — Raphael, The Creation of Adam — Michelangelo.
The modern ones: Campbell's Soup Cans — Andy Warhol, Olympia — Édouard Manet, The Treachery of Images — René Magritte.
Strategies that actually raise your score
Match the century first. Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionism, Modern — the period alone often eliminates three options before you look at the painting.
Match the country. A Dutch domestic scene, a Spanish court portrait and a French impressionist landscape are three different answers you can recognise without knowing any names.
Use what the painting is about. A crucifixion, a soup tin and a melting clock each point at one name and no other.