UK Culture MCQs

British Art MCQs with Answers

Who painted the famous artwork “Sunflowers”?
A) Vincent van Gogh
B) Pablo Picasso
C) Leonardo da Vinci
D) Claude Monet
Answer: A) Vincent van Gogh

Which British artist is associated with the art movement “Pop Art?
A) J.M.W. Turner
B) David Hockney
C) Francis Bacon
D) Bridget Riley
Answer: B) David Hockney

Who painted “The Hay Wain,” a famous landscape painting?
A) William Blake
B) Thomas Gainsborough
C) John Constable
D) Henry Moore
Answer: C) John Constable

“The Laughing Cavalier” is a famous portrait painted by whom?
A) John Singer Sargent
B) Thomas Lawrence
C) Johannes Vermeer
D) William Hogarth
Answer: C) Johannes Vermeer

Which artist designed the iconic red telephone box found throughout the UK?
A) William Morris
B) Charles Rennie Mackintosh
C) Gilbert Scott
D) Richard Rogers
Answer: C) Gilbert Scott

Who painted the series of paintings known as the “The Fighting Temeraire”?
A) J.M.W. Turner
B) John Constable
C) William Blake
D) Thomas Gainsborough
Answer: A) J.M.W. Turner

Which British sculptor is known for creating the “Angel of the North”?
A) Antony Gormley
B) Barbara Hepworth
C) Damien Hirst
D) Anish Kapoor
Answer: A) Antony Gormley

Who designed the dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London?
A) Christopher Wren
B) Inigo Jones
C) Nicholas Hawksmoor
D) Richard Rogers
Answer: A) Christopher Wren

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was founded in 1848 by artists including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Holman Hunt, and:
A) John Everett Millais
B) William Morris
C) Edward Burne-Jones
D) Samuel Palmer
Answer: A) John Everett Millais

Which British artist is known for his colorful and humorous paintings of British life in the 20th century?
A) Lucian Freud
B) Stanley Spencer
C) David Hockney
D) L.S. Lowry
Answer: D) L.S. Lowry

The portrait of King Henry VIII, which famously shows him holding a turkey leg, was painted by:
A) Anthony van Dyck
B) Thomas Gainsborough
C) Hans Holbein the Younger
D) William Hogarth
Answer: C) Hans Holbein the Younger

Who painted “The Last Supper,” an important mural located in the Painted Hall of the Old Royal Naval College in London?
A) Peter Paul Rubens
B) William Hogarth
C) James Barry
D) Benjamin West
Answer: C) James Barry

The “Glasgow Style” of art and design was associated with artists like Charles Rennie Mackintosh and:
A) William Morris
B) Edward Burne-Jones
C) Dante Gabriel Rossetti
D) Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh
Answer: D) Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh

“The Girl with a Pearl Earring” is a famous artwork by which Dutch painter?
A) Rembrandt
B) Johannes Vermeer
C) Pieter Bruegel the Elder
D) Hieronymus Bosch
Answer: B) Johannes Vermeer

Which British artist is famous for his large, abstract sculptures made from steel?
A) Anish Kapoor
B) Antony Gormley
C) Barbara Hepworth
D) Richard Serra
Answer: A) Anish Kapoor

“The Arnolfini Portrait,” depicting a wealthy merchant and his wife, was painted by:
A) Jan van Eyck
B) Pieter Bruegel the Elder
C) Peter Paul Rubens
D) Hieronymus Bosch
Answer: A) Jan van Eyck

Who is known for creating the controversial artwork “My Bed” in 1998?
A) Tracey Emin
B) Damien Hirst
C) Banksy
D) Grayson Perry
Answer: A) Tracey Emin

The “White Horse” figure, a prehistoric hill figure, is located in which English county?
A) Wiltshire
B) Dorset
C) Somerset
D) Berkshire
Answer: D) Berkshire

Who painted “Ophelia,” a famous depiction of a scene from Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet”?
A) John Everett Millais
B) William Holman Hunt
C) Dante Gabriel Rossetti
D) Edward Burne-Jones
Answer: A) John Everett Millais

The “London Calling” album cover of The Clash was designed by:
A) Peter Blake
B) Jamie Reid
C) Banksy
D) Richard Hamilton
Answer: B) Jamie Reid

Who designed the Millennium Dome, now known as The O2, in London?
A) Richard Rogers
B) Norman Foster
C) Zaha Hadid
D) Renzo Piano
Answer: D) Renzo Piano

The artist who painted “The Fighting Temeraire” was appointed as the official artist of which famous event in 1815?
A) Battle of Trafalgar
B) Battle of Waterloo
C) Battle of Hastings
D) Battle of Agincourt
Answer: B) Battle of Waterloo

“The Great Wave off Kanagawa” is a famous woodblock print by which Japanese artist?
A) Hokusai
B) Hiroshige
C) Utamaro
D) Shunsho
Answer: A) Hokusai

Which British sculptor is known for his monumental works such as “Exposure” and “Locking Piece”?
A) Damien Hirst
B) Antony Gormley
C) Henry Moore
D) Anish Kapoor
Answer: C) Henry Moore

The “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I” is a famous artwork by which Austrian painter?
A) Egon Schiele
B) Gustav Klimt
C) Oskar Kokoschka
D) Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Answer: B) Gustav Klimt

Who painted “The Birth of Venus,” a famous Renaissance artwork depicting the goddess Venus emerging from the sea?
A) Sandro Botticelli
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Michelangelo
D) Titian
Answer: A) Sandro Botticelli

The “Tate Modern” art gallery is located in which city?
A) London
B) Manchester
C) Liverpool
D) Edinburgh
Answer: A) London

Who designed the “Crystal Palace” for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London?
A) Joseph Paxton
B) Christopher Wren
C) John Nash
D) Robert Adam
Answer: A) Joseph Paxton

Which British artist is known for his abstract paintings with geometric shapes and lines?
A) Bridget Riley
B) Lucian Freud
C) David Hockney
D) Francis Bacon
Answer: A) Bridget Riley

“The Death of Nelson” is a painting by which artist depicting the death of Admiral Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar?
A) William Hogarth
B) Thomas Lawrence
C) J.M.W. Turner
D) John Constable
Answer: C) J.M.W. Turner

Which British artist is known for his distinctive paintings of British wildlife, particularly birds of prey?
A) David Hockney
B) Peter Blake
C) Damien Hirst
D) Robert Bateman
Answer: D) Robert Bateman

Who painted the iconic portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, known as the “Darnley Portrait”?
A) Hans Holbein the Younger
B) Anthony van Dyck
C) Nicholas Hilliard
D) William Hogarth
Answer: C) Nicholas Hilliard

The “White Horse of Uffington” is an ancient hill figure located in which county of England?
A) Oxfordshire
B) Berkshire
C) Wiltshire
D) Somerset
Answer: B) Berkshire

Which British artist is known for his “YBA” (Young British Artist) movement and controversial artworks like “The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living”?
A) Damien Hirst
B) Tracey Emin
C) Grayson Perry
D) Gilbert & George
Answer: A) Damien Hirst

The painting “The Lady of Shalott” is based on a poem by which British poet?
A) William Wordsworth
B) Lord Byron
C) Alfred, Lord Tennyson
D) John Keats
Answer: C) Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Who is known for his iconic series of paintings featuring Campbell’s Soup Cans?
A) Jasper Johns
B) Roy Lichtenstein
C) Andy Warhol
D) Robert Rauschenberg
Answer: C) Andy Warhol

The art movement “Bloomsbury Group” was associated with artists and intellectuals such as Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, and:
A) John Singer Sargent
B) E.M. Forster
C) J.M.W. Turner
D) Duncan Grant
Answer: D) Duncan Grant

“The Night Watch” is a famous painting by which Dutch Golden Age artist?
A) Rembrandt
B) Johannes Vermeer
C) Pieter Bruegel the Elder
D) Jan Steen
Answer: A) Rembrandt

Which British artist is known for his sculptures made from used car parts and other mechanical objects?
A) Richard Hamilton
B) Damien Hirst
C) Richard Deacon
D) Eduardo Paolozzi
Answer: D) Eduardo Paolozzi

Who is famous for his abstract paintings featuring circles and geometric shapes, and is associated with the “St. Ives School” of artists?
A) Howard Hodgkin
B) Richard Hamilton
C) Peter Blake
D) Ben Nicholson
Answer: D) Ben Nicholson

The artist who created the “Angel of the North” also designed the sculpture “Another Place” featuring hundreds of life-size statues placed along the beach at:
A) Brighton
B) Blackpool
C) Liverpool
D) Scarborough
Answer: C) Liverpool

Which British artist is famous for his paintings of industrial landscapes and seascapes of North East England?
A) L.S. Lowry
B) David Hockney
C) Francis Bacon
D) Henry Moore
Answer: A) L.S. Lowry

The art movement known as “Vorticism” was a British form of:
A) Abstract Expressionism
B) Surrealism
C) Cubism
D) Futurism
Answer: C) Cubism

Who painted “A Bar at the Folies-Bergère,” a famous artwork depicting a barmaid in a Parisian nightclub?
A) Pierre-Auguste Renoir
B) Édouard Manet
C) Claude Monet
D) Henri Matisse
Answer: B) Édouard Manet

The “Holkham Bible” is an illuminated manuscript from the 14th century created in which English county?
A) Norfolk
B) Yorkshire
C) Kent
D) Cornwall
Answer: A) Norfolk

Who is known for his large, colorful murals and public art installations, such as “Banksy vs. Bristol Museum” and “Dismaland”?
A) Damien Hirst
B) Tracey Emin
C) Banksy
D) Antony Gormley
Answer: C) Banksy

The Death of General Wolfe” is a historical painting by which American artist?
A) Gilbert Stuart
B) John Singleton Copley
C) Thomas Cole
D) Winslow Homer
Answer: B) John Singleton Copley

The “Globe Theatre,” a reconstruction of the original Elizabethan playhouse, is located in which city?
A) Oxford
B) London
C) Stratford-upon-Avon
D) Cambridge
Answer: B) London

Who designed the controversial “Queen’s House” in Greenwich, London, which features a Tulip Staircase, an architectural marvel of its time?
A) Nicholas Hawksmoor
B) Christopher Wren
C) Inigo Jones
D) William Chambers
Answer: C) Inigo Jones

“The Rokeby Venus,” a famous painting of the goddess Venus, was created by which Spanish artist?
A) El Greco
B) Francisco Goya
C) Diego Velázquez
D) Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Answer: C) Diego Velázquez

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