Modern Artists
Art Quiz - Artists of recent times
- In 1919, which artist made a parody of the Mona Lisa by painting it with a moustache and goatee?
- Which English painter's 1972 work Portrait of an Artist became the most expensive artwork by a living artist in 2018?
- Between 1991 and 2016, only artists under what age were eligible to compete for the Turner Prize?
- The street artist Banksy first gained recognition in which city's underground scene?
- Verity, a 2012 20-metre tall stainless steel and bronze statue created by Damien Hirst, can be found at the entrance to which North Devon town's harbour?
- Which American artist is famous for his record breaking balloon animal sculptures produced in stainless steel with mirror-finish surfaces?
- Which British filmmaker who directed Fifty Shades of Grey is also one of a group of artists known as the Young British Artists?
- Whose 1997 work Everyone I Have Ever Slept With is a tent decorated with the names of everyone this artist had ever shared a bed?
- What is the nationality of artist Frida Kahlo?
- The Son of Man is a 1964 painting by which surrealist painter?
- A work of art produced between 1961 and 1962 by Andy Warhol consisted of thirty-two canvases of which product?
- Which artist holds the record for rejecting British honours including a knighthood in 1968?
- Which American artist was widely known for his "drip technique" of splashing or pouring liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface?
- Whose first solo exhibition, "What a Farm Wife Painted", opened in New York in October 1940?
- What is the title of Salvador Dali's most famous painting depicting limp melting watches?
- Which American modernist artist has been called the "Mother of American modernism"?
- Whaam! and In the Car are famous works by which artist who died in 1997?
- Which English contemporary artist born in 1960, is known for his tapestries, ceramic vases, and cross-dressing?
- Which British artist, famous for his portraits and self-portraits, was the grandson of a groundbreaking psychologist?
- Painting 1946 is a painting by which Irish-born artist?
- Which 1937 painting by Pablo Picasso is regarded by many art critics as the most moving and powerful anti-war painting in history?
Answers
- Marcel Duchamp
- David Hockney
- Fifty
- Bristol's
- Illfracombe
- Jeff Koons
- Samantha Taylor-Johnson
- Tracey Emin
- Mexican
- Rene Magritte
- Campbell's Soup cans
- L. S. Lowry
- Jackson Pollock
- Grandma Moses
- The Persistence of Memory (1931)
- Georgia O'Keeffe
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Grayson Perry
- Lucian Freud
- Francis Bacon
- Guernica
Thank you for printing these questions. Please do not forget to come back to www.freepubquiz.co.uk for more great quiz questions and answers.