Daily True or False
June 26, 2026

John Constable made many oil sketches of clouds, often noting weather conditions. He believed the sky was a key element in landscape painting.

Courbet was the leader of the Realist movement, not Impressionism. While he painted outdoors sometimes, his style and philosophy differed sharply from the Impressionists.

The Starry Night was painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1889. Picasso was only eight years old at the time.

Max Ernst fled Europe during WWII, lived in the United States, and later returned to France, becoming a French citizen in 1958.

In the late 1630s, Artemisia Gentileschi joined her father in London and worked for King Charles I, painting commissions for the royal court.

Species like the southern two-striped walkingstick produce a chemical spray containing acetic acid, which gives it a vinegar-like odor. It deters predators but is harmless to humans.

Hiroshige died in 1858, and the series was finished posthumously by his students and assistants, with the final prints published in 1859.

The haystack series was painted by Claude Monet. Pissarro focused on rural landscapes and city views, not haystacks in series.

The great white shark has a much stronger bite force than any hammerhead species. Hammerhead jaws are adapted for gripping, not crushing.

The Birth of Venus was painted by Sandro Botticelli in the 1480s. Artemisia Gentileschi is best known for Judith Slaying Holofernes and Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting.