A schizophrenic artist from this country depicted herself reclining on a sofa next to her husband in her painting Studio Interior. For 10 points each:
[10h] Give this country of an artist who depicted concentric semicircles in her painting The Swan. That theosophist artist from this country painted an early set of abstract paintings in her Paintings for the Temple series.
ANSWER: Sweden [or Kingdom of Sweden or Sverige or Konungariket Sverige] (The artists are Sigrid Hjertén and Hilma af Klint.)
[10m] This schizophrenic artist created a sculpture depicting a woman on her knees grabbing a man’s finger as he walks away embraced by another woman. That sculpture, The Mature Age, allegorizes this sculptor’s affair with her mentor, which led her to destroy much of her work.
ANSWER: Camille Claudel [or Camille Rosalie Claudel] (She had an affair with her teacher Auguste Rodin.)
[10e] Louis Wain’s diagnosis of schizophrenia may help explain his abstract paintings of these animals. In a genre painting by Jan Steen, children force one of these pets to dance on a table as a dog barks from below.
ANSWER: cats [accept felines; accept Children Teaching a Cat to Dance]
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