1.

Who became court painter to Britain’s King George III and served as
president of the Royal Academy for 28 years? Benjamin West
2. What is the name of first American school of painting? Who was it’s
leader? When it appeared? the Hudson River School appeared in the
1820s, led by Thomas Cole.
3. Whose subject of painting was Rural America? the seas, the
mountains, and the men and women who live there - was the subject
of Winslow Homer
4. Who was the leader of “Ash-can” school? Robert Henri leader of the
“Ash-can” school
5. Who is the great photographer? Alfred Stieglitz
6. Who were the leaders of Abstract Expressionism? The leaders
Abstract Expressionists - Jackson Pollock , Willem de Kooning.
7. Who was the first sculptor to work with welded metals? David Smith
8. When was the rise of «Pop» art? Who were the painters of this style?
The early 1960s Andy Warhol, Larry Rivers, Roy Lichtenstein
9. Who are famous American architects? Thomas Jefferson
10. When was the first American skyscraper built? Who designed it? in
Chicago in 1884, designer William le Baron Jenney.
11. Who designed Guggenheim Museum in New York City? Sullivan’s
most talented student Frank Lloyd Wright
12. Who are the leading architects of today? Philip Johnson, Jeoh
Ming Pei, Michael Graves.
13. Who is considered to be the first native composer? Francis
Hopkinson, a close friend George Washington but the music experts
credit to William Billings to be considered the first American`s
composer.
14. When minstrel show appeared? What it produced? In 1820s
Stephen Foster considered America's first great songwriter
15. Who is Ragtime's greatest composer? Ragtime`s greatest composer
was Scott Joplin.
16. Who are popular modern blues musicians? Muddy Waters and
B.B.King.
17. Who is the most influential jazz musician? Louis Armstrong
18. Who are some of the ballet stars? Merce Cunningham, Alvin Ailey