What did the subject of this sculpture do in the 1940s? The great British art quiz

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 on Art UK will set the questions.

Today, our questions come from Paisley Museum and Art Galleries. Managed by Renfrewshire Leisure, the museum houses one of the largest art collections in Scotland. The emphasis of the collection is on late 19th- and early20th-century Scottish artists. Recent contemporary acquisitions include work by artists John Byrne, Steven Campbell and Anya Gallaccio. The museum is undergoing redevelopment, and is due to reopen in 2022 or 2023.

You can see art from Paisley Museum and Art Galleries on Art UK here. Find out more on the museum website.

The Paisley-born artist John Byrne was inspired to paint National Velvet (1975) after his first visit to the US in the company of which Scottish musician?

The Paisley radical Alexander Wilson emigrated to the US in 1794, where he became known as the ‘father of American ornithology’. Charges were filed against Wilson in 1790 and again in 1792. Why did Wilson get into trouble?

Joan Eardley became known for her paintings of the poverty-stricken children of Glasgow when she moved to the city in 1949. In which part of Glasgow did Eardley establish her studio?

‘Glasgow Boy’ William Kennedy painted in the artists’ colony of Grez-sur-Loing in France before establishing his own in Cambuskenneth, Stirlingshire, around 1885, which is believed to be the location of this painting. Which other artist was also a member of the ‘Glasgow Boys’ and visited Kennedy at Cambuskenneth?

The 19th-century artist James Elder Christie was an enthusiast of Scottish poetry and often illustrated the work of Robert Burns. He depicted Paisley poet Robert Tannahill in a moment of literary inspiration, although for which profession was Tannahill also known?

Paisley-born John Wilson was elected to the chair of moral philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. He also wrote for Blackwood’s Edinburgh magazine under which alias?

Jamaican performer Berto Pasuka was sculpted by Benno Schotz, an Estonian-Scot, in 1946. In what artform was Pasuka engaged while in Glasgow?

Best known for his mythological paintings, the artist Joseph Noel Paton moved to Paisley in 1839. While providing illustrations for the Renfrewshire Annual, he worked as a head designer for a muslin sewing company. For which firm did Paton work?

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Yer heid’s mince!

Fair to middling!

Pure dead brilliant!

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