Question
This artist showed the title ballerina in front of a literalization of her most famous role in Alicia Markova “The Dying Swan.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Russian-born painter nicknamed “the king of kitsch” for his colorful portraits. Mass sales of prints of his portrait Chinese Girl made it one of the most reproduced artworks of the 20th century.
ANSWER: Vladimir Tretchikoff [or Vladimir Grigoryevich Tretchikoff]
[10m] Tretchikoff lived most of the later part of his life in this country, which was the birthplace of portraitists Irma Stern and Marlene Dumas. In this country, William Kentridge perfected his black-and-white palimpsest print and animation style.
ANSWER: South Africa [or Republic of South Africa or RSA; or Ningizimu Afrika, Mzantsi Afrika, Suid-Afrika, Afrika Borwa, Afrika Dzonga, Afurika Tshipembe, or Sewula Afrika]
[10e] This phenomenon titles Tretchikoff’s portrait of the singer Françoise Hardy. A streetlamp bisects a Gustave Caillebotte (“kye-BUTT”) painting titled for a Paris street and this occurrence.
ANSWER: rain [accept rainy day; accept rainstorm; accept Paris Street; Rainy Day or Rue de Paris, temps de pluie; prompt on weather or similar answers]
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown A | Cornell B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Chicago B | North Carolina A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Columbia A | Ohio State A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia B | WUSTL A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Duke A | Florida B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Florida A | Yale B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech A | Penn State A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech B | Claremont A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Harvard A | Minnesota A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Illinois A | Chicago C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| MIT A | Michigan A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Maryland A | Rutgers A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| NYU A | Minnesota B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Penn A | Houston A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| South Carolina A | Purdue A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Stanford A | Northwestern A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Texas A | Rutgers B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UC Berkeley A | Johns Hopkins A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| UC Berkeley B | WUSTL B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Virginia A | Imperial A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yale A | McGill A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |