Art 140715

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1   Which London art gallery is in a former power station?
A   The Tate Modern (Bankside Power Station)

2   Which oil is the most common medium used in oil painting?
A   Linseed oil

3   Which artist with a distinctive style is famous for his paintings of life in the industrial North West of the mid-20th
A   L. S. Lowry

4   Which of his ears did Vincent Van Gogh cut off?
A   Left

5   Which great art gallery and museum in France, has a glass pyramid covering the main entrance courtyard?
A   Louvre (the Louvre is the world’s most visited museum)

6   Which artist is best-known for his paintings of horses?
A   George Stubbs

7   Which cartoonist and illustrator, is best remembered for his drawings of ridiculously complicated machines for achieving
A   W. Heath Robinson

8   Who was the 19th-century painter of land and seascapes, commonly known as ‘the painter of light’?
A   (Joseph) Turner (1775 – 1851)

9   In which century did Dutch painter Rembrandt live and work?
A   17th (1606 – 1669)

10   What nationality was the 19th-century romantic painter Goya?
A   Spanish (regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns)