UK Culture MCQs

British Paintings MCQs with Answers

Which British painting features a woman sitting on a windowsill, gazing outside?
a) The Starry Night
b) Girl with a Pearl Earring
c) A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
d) Woman Reading a Letter
Answer: d) Woman Reading a Letter

Who painted “The Fighting Temeraire,” depicting a ship being towed by a steam tugboat?
a) John Constable
b) J.M.W. Turner
c) Thomas Gainsborough
d) Francis Bacon
Answer: b) J.M.W. Turner

The Hay Wain” portrays a rural landscape and a cart near a river. Who painted it?
a) J.M.W. Turner
b) Francis Bacon
c) John Constable
d) Thomas Gainsborough
Answer: c) John Constable

Which painting by John William Waterhouse depicts the tragic mythological figure of Echo?
a) The Lady of Shalott
b) Ophelia
c) Echo and Narcissus
d) The Siren
Answer: c) Echo and Narcissus

“Ophelia” portrays a character from which Shakespearean play, floating in a river?
a) Romeo and Juliet
b) Macbeth
c) Hamlet
d) King Lear
Answer: c) Hamlet

Who painted “The Lady of Shalott,” featuring a woman in a boat surrounded by flowers?
a) Dante Gabriel Rossetti
b) John William Waterhouse
c) William Holman Hunt
d) Edward Burne-Jones
Answer: b) John William Waterhouse

“No Woman, No Cry” is a portrait of a grieving woman. Who is the artist?
a) Banksy
b) David Hockney
c) Lucian Freud
d) Francis Bacon
Answer: a) Banksy

Which British artist painted the series “A Bigger Splash” and “A Bigger Grand Canyon?
a) Lucian Freud
b) David Hockney
c) Francis Bacon
d) Damien Hirst
Answer: b) David Hockney

Who created “Study after Velázquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X,” a reinterpretation of a classic painting?
a) Lucian Freud
b) David Hockney
c) Francis Bacon
d) Frank Auerbach
Answer: c) Francis Bacon

“Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy” is a portrait by David Hockney. Who is Percy?
a) A cat
b) A dog
c) A bird
d) A horse
Answer: b) A dog

Who painted “The Laughing Cavalier,” a portrait of a jovial man in 17th-century attire?
a) Thomas Gainsborough
b) Joshua Reynolds
c) John Constable
d) Frans Hals
Answer: d) Frans Hals

Blue Poles” is a famous abstract expressionist painting by which British-born artist?
a) Lucian Freud
b) David Hockney
c) Francis Bacon
d) Jackson Pollock
Answer: d) Jackson Pollock

Which British artist is known for his “Portrait of a Lady” and “The Morning Walk”?
a) Thomas Gainsborough
b) Joshua Reynolds
c) John Constable
d) J.M.W. Turner
Answer: a) Thomas Gainsborough

Who painted “The Boyhood of Raleigh,” depicting a young boy looking up at Sir Walter Raleigh?
a) J.M.W. Turner
b) Joshua Reynolds
c) Thomas Gainsborough
d) John Everett Millais
Answer: d) John Everett Millais

“A View of Delft” is a masterpiece by which British artist?
a) Thomas Gainsborough
b) Joshua Reynolds
c) J.M.W. Turner
d) John Constable
Answer: c) J.M.W. Turner

Whose work includes “The Snail” and “Portrait of Sir Winston Churchill?
a) Lucian Freud
b) David Hockney
c) Francis Bacon
d) Henrietta Rae
Answer: b) David Hockney

“Portrait of a Lady” by Thomas Gainsborough is often referred to as “The Blue ____.”
a) Belle
b) Lady
c) Muse
d) Portrait
Answer: a) Belle

Who painted “The Birth of Venus,” a reimagining of the classical mythological scene?
a) Edward Burne-Jones
b) Dante Gabriel Rossetti
c) John William Waterhouse
d) William Holman Hunt
Answer: b) Dante Gabriel Rossetti

“Isabella and the Pot of Basil” is a painting inspired by a poem by which British poet?
a) Lord Byron
b) John Keats
c) William Wordsworth
d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Answer: b) John Keats

Who painted “The Fighting Temeraire” and “Rain, Steam, and Speed”?
a) J.M.W. Turner
b) John Constable
c) Joshua Reynolds
d) Francis Bacon
Answer: a) J.M.W. Turner

Which artist painted “The Gross Clinic,” depicting a surgery in a 19th-century amphitheater?
a) John Everett Millais
b) Francis Bacon
c) Thomas Eakins
d) Lucian Freud
Answer: c) Thomas Eakins

“The Lady of Shalott” was inspired by the poem of the same name by which British poet?
a) Lord Byron
b) William Wordsworth
c) Alfred Lord Tennyson
d) John Keats
Answer: c) Alfred Lord Tennyson

“The Morning Walk” is a portrait by Thomas Gainsborough. Who are the subjects of this painting?
a) Husband and wife
b) Mother and child
c) Siblings
d) Lovers
Answer: a) Husband and wife

Who painted “The Painter’s Daughters Chasing a Butterfly,” capturing a playful scene?
a) Joshua Reynolds
b) John Everett Millais
c) John William Waterhouse
d) William Holman Hunt
Answer: a) Joshua Reynolds

“The Blue Boy” is a famous portrait by which British artist?
a) Joshua Reynolds
b) John Everett Millais
c) Thomas Gainsborough
d) William Holman Hunt
Answer: c) Thomas Gainsborough

Who painted “The Last of England,” showing a couple emigrating and leaving their homeland?
a) J.M.W. Turner
b) John Everett Millais
c) Ford Madox Brown
d) Edward Burne-Jones
Answer: c) Ford Madox Brown

“The Last Day in the Old Home” portrays a woman and children in a rural setting. Who is the artist?
a) John Everett Millais
b) J.M.W. Turner
c) Edward Burne-Jones
d) Thomas Gainsborough
Answer: a) John Everett Millais

Whose work includes “The Lady of Shalott” and “Ophelia”?
a) John Everett Millais
b) John William Waterhouse
c) William Holman Hunt
d) Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Answer: a) John Everett Millais

Who painted “The Scream,” a haunting expressionist artwork?
a) Lucian Freud
b) David Hockney
c) Francis Bacon
d) Edvard Munch
Answer: d) Edvard Munch

“The Cornfield” is a pastoral landscape painting by which British artist?
a) Joshua Reynolds
b) John Constable
c) J.M.W. Turner
d) Thomas Gainsborough
Answer: b) John Constable

Who painted “The Death of Chatterton,” a depiction of the young poet Thomas Chatterton?
a) John Everett Millais
b) Dante Gabriel Rossetti
c) William Holman Hunt
d) Henry Wallis
Answer: d) Henry Wallis

“The Hay Wain” is an iconic painting by which British artist?
a) John Constable
b) J.M.W. Turner
c) Thomas Gainsborough
d) Joshua Reynolds
Answer: a) John Constable

Who painted “The Night Watch,” a celebrated group portrait of a city militia?
a) Rembrandt
b) Johannes Vermeer
c) Jan van Eyck
d) Hieronymus Bosch
Answer: a) Rembrandt

“The Painter’s Studio” by Ford Madox Brown portrays various figures, including a central artist. Who is that artist?
a) Joshua Reynolds
b) J.M.W. Turner
c) Ford Madox Brown
d) Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Answer: c) Ford Madox Brown

Which artist is known for “Whistlejacket,” a portrait of a horse?
a) Joshua Reynolds
b) John Constable
c) Thomas Gainsborough
d) George Stubbs
Answer: d) George Stubbs

“The Rokeby Venus” is a famous painting by which Spanish Baroque artist?
a) Diego Velázquez
b) Francisco Goya
c) El Greco
d) Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Answer: a) Diego Velázquez

Who painted “The Blue Boy,” depicting a young boy in a blue suit?
a) Joshua Reynolds
b) John Everett Millais
c) Thomas Gainsborough
d) William Holman Hunt
Answer: c) Thomas Gainsborough

“The Skating Minister” is a painting by which Scottish artist?
a) John Everett Millais
b) David Wilkie
c) Samuel John Peploe
d) Henry Raeburn
Answer: b) David Wilkie

Whose work includes “The Gross Clinic,” depicting a surgery in a 19th-century amphitheater?
a) John Everett Millais
b) Thomas Eakins
c) Francis Bacon
d) Lucian Freud
Answer: b) Thomas Eakins

“The Lady of Shalott” was inspired by the poem of the same name by which British poet?
a) Lord Byron
b) Alfred Lord Tennyson
c) William Wordsworth
d) John Keats
Answer: b) Alfred Lord Tennyson

Who painted “The Death of Actaeon,” a scene from classical mythology?
a) John Everett Millais
b) John William Waterhouse
c) William Holman Hunt
d) Edward Burne-Jones
Answer: b) John William Waterhouse

“The Battle of Trafalgar” is a historical painting by which British artist?
a) J.M.W. Turner
b) John Constable
c) Joshua Reynolds
d) Francis Bacon
Answer: a) J.M.W. Turner

Who painted “The Birth of Venus,” a reimagining of the classical mythological scene?
a) Edward Burne-Jones
b) Dante Gabriel Rossetti
c) John William Waterhouse
d) William Holman Hunt
Answer: b) Dante Gabriel Rossetti

“A View of Delft” is a masterpiece by which British artist?
a) J.M.W. Turner
b) John Constable
c) Joshua Reynolds
d) Thomas Gainsborough
Answer: a) J.M.W. Turner

Which artist is known for “No Woman, No Cry,” a portrait of a grieving woman?
a) Lucian Freud
b) David Hockney
c) Banksy
d) Francis Bacon
Answer: c) Banksy

“Blue Poles” is a famous abstract expressionist painting by which British-born artist?
a) Lucian Freud
b) David Hockney
c) Francis Bacon
d) Jackson Pollock
Answer: d) Jackson Pollock

Who painted “The Painter’s Daughters Chasing a Butterfly,” capturing a playful scene?
a) Joshua Reynolds
b) John Everett Millais
c) John William Waterhouse
d) William Holman Hunt
Answer: a) Joshua Reynolds

“Isabella and the Pot of Basil” is a painting inspired by a poem by which British poet?
a) Lord Byron
b) John Keats
c) William Wordsworth
d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Answer: b) John Keats

Who painted “The Death of Chatterton,” a depiction of the young poet Thomas Chatterton?
a) John Everett Millais
b) Dante Gabriel Rossetti
c) William Holman Hunt
d) Henry Wallis
Answer: d) Henry Wallis

“The Hay Wain” is an iconic painting by which British artist?
a) John Constable
b) J.M.W. Turner
c) Thomas Gainsborough
d) Joshua Reynolds
Answer: a) John Constable

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