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Who are these doomed lovers? Take 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 Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village permanent collection. The collection at Watts Gallery, in Compton, Surrey, features more than 100 works by renowned Victorian painter and sculptor George Frederic Watts (1817-1904), who was associated with the symbolist movement. It also features work by his wife and artistic partner , the Scottish designer and potter Mary Watts (1849-1938), who founded the Watts Gallery and created the Watts Chapel with the local community.

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

What year was the Watts Gallery built?

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This picture shows two biblical brothers meeting. Who are they?

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This painting was inspired by a poem by which Romantic poet?

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When Lillie Langtry arrived at Watts’s studio to have her portrait painted in 1879, what did Watts reportedly remove from her before he began painting?

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Mary Watts was the artistic force behind the creation of Watts Chapel. In this Grade I-listed building, landscape, art and remembrance are beautifully blended together. Which of these materials were used to build up the fresco designs inside?

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Who is this dashing young man?

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Who are these star-crossed lovers?

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Watts was 86 when he painted Green Summer, the view from a window in his home, Limnerslease, in Compton village, Surrey. What type of tree is the main (dead) tree in the picture?

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You got…

Cruising to a nice, mid-table position. Not bad

Watts up with this score? Quite a lot, sadly

Congratulations, you know your star-crossed lovers and your bibilical brothers.


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