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How long did it take Ulysses to get home? The great British art quiz

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This quiz is brought to you in collaboration with Art UK, the online home for the UK’s public art collections, showing art from over 3,000 venues and by 45,000 artists. Each day, a different collection on Art UK will set the questions.

Today, our questions are set by Ferens Art Gallery, Hull. The Ferens Art Gallery has one of the finest regional art collections in the country. Opened in 1927, the Ferens is one of eight sites that comprise Hull Museums, operated by Hull Culture and Leisure Limited since 2014. Collection strengths include European old masters from the 14th century onwards – especially Netherlandish 17th century, maritime painting and 20th century British art.

You can see art from Ferens Art Gallery on Art UK here. Find out more on the Ferens Art Gallery website here.

In what year was this visitor favourite painting by Antonio Canaletto created?

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This fresh and airy beach scene was painted by British artist Philip Wilson Steer (1860-1942). The title is Boulogne Sands, but what is the additional description included in its full title?

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Which of the Scottish Colourists painted this still life?

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John Ward (1789–1849) is the finest of Hull’s School of Maritime painters. Who is the hero associated with the infamous disaster that befell this ship in 1838?

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Which native of Hull gifted this self portrait by ex-Slade professor Frederick Brown (1851–1941) in 1949?

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With which French artist did Gwen John (1876–1939) have a love affair?

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How long did this ancient warrior, Ulysses, take to get home?

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One of the most popular paintings in Feren’s collection is a huge canvas called The Lion at Home, 1881, by Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899). By what feline nickname is the local football team Hull City known?

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You got…

Not a bad effort at all.

You went to Hull and back … but it didn’t get you a very high score.

Hull’s bells! You’re an art expert.


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