The Ultimate Art Challenge: Identify These Famous Paintings From A Tiny Fragment

This artist found inspiration within his own family. But who is it?

Retry Correct Incorrect Due to its unwieldy title, James Abbot McNeill Whistler’s Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 is typically known as either Portrait of the Artist’s Mother or Whistler’s Mother. As for why Whistler titled it that way, he firmly believed in art for art’s sake and considered this painting more of a color experiment than a portrait.

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This artist found inspiration within his own family. But who is it?

• James Abbot McNeill Whistler – Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1
• Lucien Freud – The Painter’s Mother Resting
• Andy Warhol – July Warhola
• Marc Chagall – Mother By the Oven