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Guess the Painting or Painter

Look at a famous artwork and name the painting—or the painter. Choose how you want to play below, then start on this page.

1. What do you want to guess?
2. How do you want to play?
3. How do you want to answer?

About Guess the Painting

Guess the Painting is a free art trivia game where you identify famous paintings and renowned painters from the canvas itself. Play a painting quiz or an artist identification challenge without leaving this page.

Classic gives you five artworks with no timer. Speed Round scores as many correct answers as you can in 60 seconds. Three Lives keeps going until three wrong answers. Answer by multiple choice or typing (typing is available in Classic and Three Lives).

Use it to practice recognizing masterpieces, brush up on art history, or play a friendly name-the-painting contest. Answers accept alternate titles and artist name spellings, and typing mode is forgiving of minor typos.

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