NGA - Color includes which artists?

• A. Lichtenstein, Charles Sheeler, Joan Miro
• B. Matisse, Mondrian, Edward Stelchen, Van Gogh
• C. Picasso, Rembrandt, Da Vinci
• D. Monet, Matisse, Kandinsky

Answer: (D)

Color as a driving force in painting across different styles is being highlighted. Monet shows color used to capture changing light and atmosphere, where subtle shifts in hue and temperature create the sense of time and place. Matisse pushes color to the forefront to organize form and space, using bold, often non-natural hues to express emotion and shape the composition. Kandinsky treats color as its own expressive language, using hue and saturation to evoke mood and drive the rhythm of an abstract image. Together, these artists illustrate how color can carry meaning across representational, expressive, and abstract work, which is why they fit a Color-focused NGA collection or theme.

Other groups mix artists who are less centrally defined by color as the main vehicle—focusing instead on graphic line, industrial realism, or other aspects of their practice—so they don’t align as clearly with a color-centered focus.