Daily True or False
June 28, 2026

Artists like Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet admired and collected Hiroshige's prints, and his compositional techniques influenced their work.

Pissarro was born on Saint Thomas in the Danish West Indies. He moved to France as a young man and later became a French citizen.

Van Gogh sold 'The Red Vineyard' to Anna Boch in 1890 for 400 francs. This was the only confirmed sale of his work while he was alive.

Hiroshige died in 1858, and the series was finished posthumously by his students and assistants, with the final prints published in 1859.

Hiroshige inherited the position of fire warden from his father and held it for many years before dedicating himself to art. He later passed the role to his son.

Van Gogh created 'The Starry Night' in June 1889 while staying at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, where he sought treatment for his mental health.

Pissarro died on November 13, 1903, in Paris. He lived 73 years, producing art until his final months.

Tarantulas are slow-moving ambush predators. The fastest spiders are species like giant house spiders or certain wolf spiders, not tarantulas.

Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were rivals, not friends. They had a public feud, with Michelangelo mocking da Vinci's inability to finish works. No record of collaboration exists.

While iconic, the first blues Grammy Hall of Fame inductee was actually 'The Thrill Is Gone' by B.B. King in 1998.