Question
A fire set by retreating German soldiers destroyed a painting by this artist depicting Franz Schubert playing the piano by candlelight. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this expressionist whose portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer was reclaimed by the subject’s family in 2006. This artist’s “golden phase” is exemplified by his work The Kiss.
ANSWER: Gustav Klimt
[10h] This other expressionist artist, a student of Klimt, painted a later portrait of Adele’s husband Ferdinand as well as many portraits of the clients of architect Adolf Loos. This artist’s brief affair with Gustav Mahler’s widow Alma is portrayed in his The Bride of the Wind.
ANSWER: Oskar Kokoschka
[10m] Klimt, Kokoschka, and Loos were all members of this expressionist movement centered in its namesake building that contains Klimt’s Beethoven Frieze. This movement’s aesthetics were advertised in the periodical Ver Sacrum.
ANSWER: Vienna Secession [or Union of Austrian Artists; or Vereinigung Bildener Kunstler Osterreichs; prompt on Secession; prompt on Art Nouveau]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia | 11/11/2023 | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 89% | 33% | 33% |