Question

Nature in Art

Many artists paint and use nature in their works, but the results are very different. Here are four of them.

	Stanislaw Witkiewicz Stanislaw Witkiewicz was born in 1885 in Zakopane, Poland. He died in 1939. Many people like Witkiewicz’s paintings of nature and landscapes (风景). He painted this one in 1907. It shows the Hinczow Lakes in south Poland.
	Ginger Riley Munduwalawala In the past, Aboriginal (原始的) people painted pictures of nature on rocks. Modern aboriginal artists also paint nature. This colorful painting by Ginger Riley Munduwalawala (1937 – 2002) shows hills, rivers, birds and kangaroos.
	Ando Hiroshige Japanese art is famous for landscape paintings. You can often see the sea and sky, the mountains, and trees. Ando Hiroshige, one of Japan’s most famous artists, made and sold thousands of beautiful prints in his lifetime, but he died poor.
	Damien Hirst Damien Hirst is the richest artist in England. He is a painter, but he is more famous for art with animals. In one room of a gallery, he put lots of fruit and real butterflies. They flew around the visitors.

1.When did Stanislaw paint the Hinczow Lakes?

A.In 1885. B.In 1907. C.In 1937. D.In 1939.

2.Where is Ando Hiroshige from?

A.Poland. B.Australia. C.Japan. D.England.

3.Who is famous for art with animals?

A.Stanislaw Witkiewicz. B.Ginger Riley Munduwalawala.

C.Ando Hisroshige. D.Damie Hirst.

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