Which painter's daughter is this? The great British art quiz

Esme by the Railings, 2014. Photograph: © Courtesy the Artist and Victoria Miro, London

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 the Jerwood Collection of Modern and Contemporary British Art. The collection began in 1993, when the first work was bought by Alan Grieve, chairman of the Jerwood Foundation; it continues to grow with new acquisitions and donations under the direction of Lara Wardle. Holding just under 300 works the collection is widely accessible through loans to national and international institutions and inclusion on a number of digital platforms. Its aim is to enhance the understanding and enjoyment of British art.

You can see art from the Jerwood Collection on Art UK here. Find out more on its website here.

1. 

   Elizabeth Adela Forbes settled in the UK, where she became known as a painter. But in which country was she born?

   1. The US

   2. Canada

   3. Australia

   4. New Zealand

2. 

   Which British painter completed this Portrait of an Afghan Gentleman in c1895?

   1. Robert Bevan

   2. Augustus John

   3. James Abbott McNeill Whistler

   4. Walter Sickert

3. 

   This work Seated and Standing Nudes is by the artist Christopher Wood. Near which British city did he grow up?

   1. Manchester

   2. Liverpool

   3. Bristol

   4. Nottingham

4. 

   Paul Nash completed Spring Landscape in 1914, just before the outbreak of the first world war, when he joined the Artists’ Rifles Brigade and spent time on the front. Why was he discharged from the army?

   1. Broken ribs

   2. Trench foot

   3. Fractured collarbone

   4. Shell shock

5. 

   Glyn Warren Philpot painted these Moroccan women in 1936 during his travels in north Africa. A celebrated portraitist, Philpot was homosexual at a time when it was illegal. Which fellow painter was he in a relationship with?

   1. Duncan Grant

   2. Vivian Forbes

   3. Henry Scott Tuke

   4. Simeon Solomon

6. 

   Which British sculptor completed this sketch in 1931?

   1. Barbara Hepworth

   2. Henry Moore

   3. Jacob Epstein

   4. Reg Butler

7. 

   Elisabeth Frink remains one of Britain’s most celebrated 20th-century artists, specialising in sculpture and drawing. What subject matter is she usually known for?

   1. Landscapes

   2. Trees

   3. Animals

   4. Abstract forms

8. 

   This painting depicts the daughter of which well-known contemporary female artist?

   1. Chantal Joffe

   2. Gillian Ayres

   3. Cindy Sherman

   4. Rose Wylie

Solutions

1:B - Born in Kingston, Ontario, Forbes travelled to England to pursue her artistic studies. In London she lived next door to the Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti, though they never met. She became a respected painter and settled in Newlyn, where she became a central figure in the Cornish artistic circles. In St Ives she met her husband, the artist Stanhope Forbes. Image: Midday Rest, c1904, Elizabeth Adela Stanhope Forbes (1859–1912), Jerwood Collection, 2:D - This enigmatic portrait was exhibited at the New English Art Club’s 1895 winter exhibition and was remarked upon in the press, one journalist writing: "Mr Walter Sickert’s Portrait of an Afghan Gentleman is tantalizingly anonymous. Is his sitter a Yogi, one wonders or one of the Mahatmas, whom Mrs Annie Besant still believes in?" Sickert was a founder member of the Camden Town Group at the start of the 20th century. Image: Portrait of an Afghan Gentleman, c1895, Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942), Jerwood Collection , 3:B - Christopher Wood was born in the village of Knowsley near Liverpool. He studied architecture at Liverpool University, where he met fellow painter Augustus John, who encouraged him to become an artist. Wood rose to prominence in the late 1920s, exhibiting his first solo show in London in 1927. His life was cut short, at 29, when he jumped in front of a train at Salisbury railway station in 1930. Image: Seated and Standing Nudes, 1927, Christopher Wood (1901–1930), Jerwood Collection , 4:A - After being sent to the front lines, Nash was sent home with injured ribs as a result of falling into a trench. He never saw any action and was sent home as an invalid. Shortly after, the majority of his remaining unit were killed during a surprise assault. Nash, along with his brother, John, became officially employed as war artists. Nash felt uncomfortable in his position, writing home: "I am no longer an artist ... I am a messenger to those who want the war to go on for ever ... may it burn their lousy souls." Image: Spring Landscape, 1914, Paul Nash (1889–1946), Jerwood Collection , 5:B - Primarily known as a portraitist, Glyn Warren Philpot received great recognition during his lifetime, becoming a Royal Academician in 1923. Travelling widely across Europe, north Africa and America, Philpot frequently sketched and painted people of colour at a time when British artists typically depicted white sitters. He had a long relationship with Vivian Forbes, whom he had met in the Royal Fusiliers in 1914. From 1923 to 1935 they intermittently shared a home and studio at Lansdowne House in London. Image: Group of Women, Marrakech, 1936, Glyn Warren Philpot (1884–1937), Jerwood Collection , 6:B - In the 1930s, Henry Moore began working on his reclining figure sculptures, for which he is perhaps best known. Although primarily thought of as a sculptor, he was an exceptionally talented draughtsman, producing a body of nearly 7,500 drawings over seven decades. Image: Standing Nude, 1931, Henry Moore (1898–1986). © The Henry Moore Foundation. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2020, Jerwood Collection , 7:C - Throughout her career, Frink made many sculptures of animals, in particular birds and horses. However, she was also fascinated with the male form, often capturing bodies at once hyper-masculine yet also vulnerable, seen in this pen and ink wash from 1955. In 1982, she became a Dame of the British Empire. Image: Figures in Motion, 1955, Elisabeth Frink (1930–93). © The Executors of the Frink Estate and Archive. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2020, Jerwood Collection., 8:A - Chantal Joffe painted this portrait of her daughter Esme in 2014. Often using women or girls as the subject matter, Joffe’s paintings tend to investigate the themes of motherhood and display a sense of immediacy and intimacy. The artist is known to paint very quickly, sometimes completing works in one or two hours. Image: Esme by the Railings, 2014, Chantal Joffe (b1969). © Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro, London. Photograph: Stephen White.

Scores

1. 8 and above.

   A brush with greatness!

2. 7 and above.

   Close to perfection!

3. 6 and above.

   Fine effort

4. 5 and above.

   More right than wrong!

5. 4 and above.

   Halfway there

6. 3 and above.

   Lacking finesse

7. 2 and above.

   Better start brushing up

8. 0 and above.

   Better start brushing up

9. 1 and above.

   Better start brushing up