Thursday 13th June 2024
Difficulty: Very easy
Muses (Quiz #573)
Questions by Gillian Lee
Ophelia by John Everett Millais. Tate Britain, London. (Public domain)
A muse is a person (usually a woman) who provides creative inspiration to a person of the arts (such as a writer, artist, composer, etc).
1. Which which Viennese artist was Emilie Louise Flöge a life-long friend, often appearing in his paintings, along with the elaborate dresses she designed?
2. Who inspired many famous artists from the Pre-Raphaelites era, including modelling for John Everett Millais's Ophelia? She later married Dante Gabriel Rossetti, becoming his muse and exclusive model.
3. Dora Maar was a photographer, and also the lover and creative muse of which artist throughout the '30s and '40s? She inspired many of his famous paintings, including Weeping Woman and Woman Dressing Her Hair.
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