The great British art quiz: set by Museums Sheffield

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

Today, our questions are set by Museums Sheffield, a charity that cares for the city’s collections of art, history and natural science. Its art includes British and European pieces from the 16th century to the present day, as well as works that directly illustrate the city’s history. Its strength lies in the modern British collection, which includes artists such as Frank Auerbach, Vanessa Bell, David Bomberg, Gwen John and Stanley Spencer.

You can see art from Museum Sheffield on Art UK here.

Which British artist painted March Landscape?

The Graves Gallery was built with the support of John George Graves and opened in 1934. In which industry did Graves make his money?

Mail order John George Graves (1866-1945) established one of the UK’s first mail order companies, selling items as diverse as watches, tools and bikes. He gave generously to the city of Sheffield and in 1929 he offered it £30,000, specifying that £20,000 should be spent on a gallery. Graves was also a passionate art collector and donated more than 1,000 paintings to Sheffield’s collection, many of which are still on display. Picture: Dr John George Graves (1866–1945), oil on canvas, David Jagger (1891–1958), © the artist’s estate, Museums Sheffield

Which island is depicted here by Scottish colourist Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (1883–1937)?

Museums Sheffield holds one painting by the Spanish old master Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. When did Murillo live?

A Corner of the Artist’s Room in Paris depicts which artist’s room?

Gwen John This painting depicts Gwen John’s attic studio in the Rue du Cherche Midi in Paris. She wrote: “My room is so delicious after a whole day outside, it seems to me that I am not myself except in my room.” John studied at the Slade School, London, before moving to Paris in 1904 to study under James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Here she worked as an artist’s model posing for, among others, the sculptor Auguste Rodin, with whom she was in a relationship. Picture: A Corner of the Artist’s Room in Paris, 1907–1909, oil on canvas, Gwen John (1876–1939), Museums Sheffield

What did Lady Mary Wortley-Montagu introduce to English society in the 18th century?

JMW Turner painted The Festival of the Opening of the Vintage at Mâcon around 1803. It depicts the festival that accompanied the grape harvest. Which location did Turner base the scene on?

In this painting by Narcisse Chaillou (1837–1896) depicting the Siege of Paris in 1871, what is this young man doing?

Selling rats During the Siege of Paris, from 19 September 1870 to 28 January 1871, which brought about French defeat in the Franco-Prussian war, the French people suffered great famine and poverty. This painting, completed after the events occurred, ironically shows a boy as an improvised butcher, selling rats on the streets of Paris. Picture: A Rat Seller during the Siege of Paris, 1871, oil on canvas, Narcisse Chaillou (1837–1896), Museums Sheffield

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Sheffield culture to you means Arctic Monkeys – and fair enough.

A highly creditable response showing steely resolve.

Sheffield culture to you means Arctic Monkeys – and fair enough.

Sheffield culture to you means Arctic Monkeys – and fair enough.

Sheffield culture to you means Arctic Monkeys – and fair enough.

A highly creditable response showing steely resolve.

A highly creditable response showing steely resolve.

The biggest Sheffield-related triumph since Def Leppard ruled the charts. Up the blades!

The biggest Sheffield-related triumph since Def Leppard ruled the charts. Up the blades!

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