Today's puzzle:
Today's Art Match has 3 paintings and 3 artists. Putting each artist with their painting is the game, so the two lists below are in no particular order.
The artists
- Hans Holbein the Younger
- Katsushika Hokusai
- Vincent van Gogh
The paintings
- Portrait of Erasmus
- Starry Night Over the Rhône
- Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
Match each painter to their best-known work in a quick daily art quiz drawn from the public-domain masters. Equal parts game and gallery, and a small dose of art history every morning.
How to play
- Look at each masterpiece.
- Match it to the artist who painted it.
- Pair them all before the clock runs out.
How to tell painters apart
You do not need to know the paintings. Style gives a painter away. Van Gogh builds a scene from thick, swirling brushstrokes and strong color. Vermeer paints quiet rooms lit by a window, with smooth surfaces and a calm mood. Hokusai made Japanese woodblock prints, with flat color, bold outlines and often a lot of blue. Monet works in soft, broken dabs of color that catch the light on water and gardens.
Look at the clues beyond the brushwork. The clothes, the buildings and the objects in the scene tell you the country and the century. A landscape painted outdoors in loose strokes points to the nineteenth century. A dark, formal portrait points earlier. Even a rough guess at the era removes half the artists.
How the match works
Tap an artist and then a painting, or drag one onto the other. A wrong pair shakes and adds eight seconds to your time, so match the ones you are sure of first. Each match you make removes a choice, which makes the last pairs easy.
When you finish, the game shows the paintings with their artists, so a puzzle you got wrong still teaches you something. The images are public domain works hosted on this site.
Past puzzles and related games
Missed one? Browse past art quiz puzzles, or see all of today's daily puzzles. Want more learning games? Try the Daily History Quiz, or the Daily Boss Draw, where you guess a real player's sketch. The logic puzzles category has more to explore.
Common questions
Which artists and paintings appear?
The quiz draws on public-domain masters (think Van Gogh, Vermeer, Hokusai, Monet, and their peers) paired with their best-known works. Some days mix eras for an easier match; "same era" days are deliberately trickier.
How can I tell one painter from another?
Look at the brushwork, the color and the subject. Thick swirling paint and strong color suggest Van Gogh. A calm room with window light suggests Vermeer. Flat color and bold outlines suggest a Japanese woodblock print by an artist like Hokusai. Soft dabs of light on water suggest Monet.
What happens if I match the wrong pair?
The pair shakes and eight seconds are added to your time. Then you can try again. Matching the easy pairs first means you have fewer choices left for the hard ones.
Do I need to know art history to play?
No, and that's the point. Wrong guesses still teach you the pairing, and seeing a masterpiece next to its painter every day builds recognition fast. It's a friendly on-ramp to art history, not an exam.
Where do the images come from?
Every artwork is a public-domain image hosted on the site itself, so the gallery loads fast and nothing depends on third-party embeds. New pairings post regularly, with past Art Matches browsable in the archive.
Puzzles edited by the team at Final Boss Editing.
Art Quiz terms
Art quiz
A quiz where you match famous artworks with the artists, periods or details behind them. More in the glossary
Masterpiece
A painting considered one of an artist's finest works. More in the glossary
Public domain
Old enough that no one holds the copyright, so anyone can read, share or show it. More in the glossary
Daily puzzle
A puzzle that gets a new version every day, usually the same one for every player, designed to take a few minutes. More in the glossary