This is Cedric Morris. But what's his macaw called? The great British art quiz
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Towner Eastbourne set today’s quiz, which enables you to explore the art collection of British museums closed due to Covid-19 – while answering some fiendish questions along the way
This quiz is brought to you in collaboration with Art UK, the online home of the UK’s public art collections, showing art from more than 3,000 venues, by 45,000 artists. Each day, a different collection on Art UK will set the questions. Today, they are set by the Towner Collection. Towner Eastbourne houses a collection of almost 5,000 art works by important 20th-century artists including Christopher Wood, David Bomberg, Frances Hodgkins, Edward Bawden, Gertrude Hermes and Duncan Grant, as well as the most significant body of work by Eric Ravilious. Towner is also known for its collection of international contemporary art and moving image works. You can see art from Towner Eastbourne on Art UK here. Find out more on the Towner Eastbourne website here.
This 1912 painting by William Nicholson, depicts Judd’s Farm, which once stood on the cliffs at Rottingdean, an area now part of the South Downs National Park. In what year was the South Downs officially designated as a National Park?
1951
1965
1988
2010
This painting, Saturday Night, by Rochdale-born artist Edward Stott (1859-1918) achieved critical success in its time. In 1887, Stott moved to Sussex where he lived and painted for the rest of his life. Which village did he live in?
Alfriston
Ditchling
Amberley
Slindon
This painting, Portrait of Cedric Morris (Man with Macaw), 1930, by Frances Hodgkins depicts fellow artist Morris with his pet macaw. What was the name of the bird?
Menace
Rubeo
Lett
Benton
Which novelist and poet is depicted in this painting by Reginald Grenville Eves (1876-1941)?
Thomas Hardy
TS Eliot
Ezra Pound
W Somerset Maugham
This painting, Sailing Ship, by St Ives artist Alfred Wallis (1855-1942) is painted on the back of what?
A cornflake box
A closed sign
A calendar
Another painting of a ship
This is Fair at Neuilly, 1922-23 by Christopher Wood (1901-1930). Which exhibiting group’s show was Wood’s work part of after his early death in 1930?
The London Group
The Twenties Group
White Stag Group
The Seven and Five Society
Who was the sculptor of this piece - Sleeping Fawn, 1913?
Jacob Epstein
Henry Moore
Constantin Brancusi
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
This work, Walcot Church, Bath, Somerset, is by Thérèse Lessore (1884-1945). Which artist did Lessore marry in 1926?
Robert Bevan
Walter Sickert
John Nash
Augustus John
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