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Which 'kitchen sink' whiz painted Macca? 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 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 are set by Kirklees Museums & Galleries: Huddersfield Art Gallery. The Kirklees collection consists primarily of British art from the 19th century to the present. The collection includes works by leading British artists including Francis Bacon, LS Lowry, Henry Moore, Frank Auerbach and Stanley Spencer, in addition to a number of works by members of the Camden Town Group. The collection can normally be seen at Huddersfield Art Gallery, which is currently closed for refurbishment.

You can see art from Kirklees Museums & Galleries: Huddersfield Art Gallery on Art UK here. Find out more on the Kirklees Museums & Galleries website here.

This view of Huddersfield was painted by William Cowan in 1849. Which radical figure described Huddersfield as “the handsomest by far of all the factory towns in Yorkshire and Lancashire by reason of its situation and modern architecture”?

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You’ll recognise the sitter as Paul McCartney. But which ‘kitchen sink’ painter is responsible for this portrait?

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This painting by Chris Gollon titled Einstein and the Jealous Monk was inspired by the lyrics “Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood with his memories in a trunk, passed this way an hour ago with his friend, a jealous monk”. Which famous song writer wrote these lyrics?

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One of the highlights of our collection is this masterpiece titled Tea in the Bedsitter. It was painted by a member of the Camden Town Group. Can you name the artist?

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This epic painting was painted by John Martin in 1848. Martin’s brother Jonathan, nicknamed “Mad Martin”, was an infamous arsonist. Which cathedral did he set fire to in 1829?

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This painting is by the Irish artist Jack Butler Yeats. Which of the following facts about the artist is untrue?

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This mid 19th-century portrait is of which famous novelist?

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The artist who created this painting also lived in a Red House (this one being in Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast), can you name her?

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