London Past Papers Tate Britain

Question 1

What major building was demolished to make way for the National Gallery of British Art (now Tate Britain)?

Answer 1

Millbank prison

The decision was made to build a new gallery for British art on the site of the former Millbank prison in 1892. After many years of planning and preparation, the National Gallery of British Art (now known as Tate Britain) was opened by the Prince of Wales, on the 21st July 1897.

Question 2

Name TWO of the original seven members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

Answer 2

ThePre-Raphaelite Brotherhood(PRB, later known as thePre-Raphaelites) was a group of English painters, poets, and art critics, founded in 1848 by;
William Holman Hunt,
John Everett Millais,
Dante Gabriel Rossetti,
William Michael Rossetti,
James Collinson,
Frederic George Stephens
Thomas Woolner
who formed a seven-member “Brotherhood” partly modelled on theNazarene movement.

Question 3

Which painter, famous for his scenes of Venice, moved to England in 1746?

Answer 3

Giovanni Antonio Canal(18 October 1697– 19 April 1768),commonly known asCanaletto

Question 4

Name the actor who portrayed J M W Turner in the 2014 film of his life directed by Mike Leigh.

Answer 4

Timothy Spall

Question 5

Which English artist, born in Smithfield in 1697, is often referred to as the father of English painting?

Answer 5

William Hogarthwas born in 1697. His earliest years were spent living in Bartholomew Close, Smithfield but when he was still young his family moved to the nearby Clerkenwell. Hogarth’s father, Richard, had been a teacher who came to London in the hope of teaching Latin and Greek.

Question 6

Who painted Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy?

Answer 6

Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy is a 1971 painting by the British artistDavid Hockney.

Question 7

Name the current Chief Executive and Accounting Officer of the Tate galleries.

Answer 7

Maria Balshaw, Director, has overall responsibility for Tate’s strategic direction and day-to-day operations.

Question 8

Give the name of the earliest painting in the collection?

Answer 8

John Bettes, A Man in a Black Cap 1545 This is the oldest picture in the Tate collection. The artist’s name is inscribed on the back.Signatures or inscriptions that identify the artist are very rare on Britishpaintingsof this period.

Question 9

Which artist depicted the people and buildings of Cookham, where he lived, in his paintings?

Answer 9

Sir Stanley Spencer

Question 10

‘Jacob and the Angel’ is the title of a sculpture by which 20th century artist?

Answer 10

Sir Jacob Epstein

Question 11

Who won this year’s Turner Prize?

Answer 11

TBA

Question 12

Which breed of dog is shown in Hogarth’s self portrait of 1745?

Answer 12

Trump (c. 1730 – c. 1745) was apugowned by English painter William Hogarth. He included the dog in several works, including his 1745 self-portrait Painter and his Pug, held by the Tate Gallery.

Question 13

What are the opening hours of Tate Britain?

Answer 13

Monday to Sunday 10.00–18.00

Question 14

Which famous artist married Jane, the daughter of Sir James Thornhill?

Answer 14

William Hogarth
On 23 March 1729 he married Thornhill’s daughter Jane.

Question 15

Which artist, poet and printmaker
spent all his life (except for three
years) in London and is buried in
Bunhill Fields?

Answer 15

Except for three years by the Sussex seaside, William Blake spent his entire life in London. He was born in Soho in 1757.

Question 16

Which 18th century artist is best known for his depictions of horses?

Answer 16

George Stubbs(25 August 1724 – 10 July 1806) was an English painter, best known for his paintings of horses. Self-trained, Stubbs learnt his skills independently from other great artists of the 18th century such as Reynolds and Gainsborough.

Question 17

How did Sir Henry Tate make his fortune?

Answer 17

In 1889 Henry Tate, an industrialist who had made his fortuneas a sugar refiner, offered his collection of British nineteenth-century art to the nation and provided funding for the firstTate Gallery.

Question 18

Which is the nearest tube station to Tate Britain?

Answer 18

Pimlico

Question 19

Who painted ‘The Awakening Conscience’ in 1853?

Answer 19

William Holman Hunt

Question 20

You can now visit the
Twickenham home of an artist
whose extensive collection is
displayed at Tate Britain. Who is
he?

Answer 20

Sandycombe Lodge, Twickenham’We aim to celebrateJ.M.W.Turner’sartistic achievement through encouraging visitors to discover the house he designed and built, and the Thames landscape which inspired him.

Question 21

Name the artist who painted the murals in the Tate Britain restaurant.

Answer 21

Rex Whistler

In 1926, the director of theNational Gallery of British Art(nowTate) commissionedRex Whistlerto produce a mural ‘as decoration for the new refreshment room’. Whistler spent 18 months painting The Expedition in Pursuit of Rare Meats before the gallery restaurant opened in 1927.

Question 22

In which city was the artist Francis Bacon born?

Answer 22

Francis Bacon was born October 28, 1909, inDublin. At the age of 16, he moved to London and subsequently lived for about two years in Berlin and Paris.

Question 23

Which English art movement did
Walter Sickert belong to?

Answer 23

Walter Richard Sickert (31 May 1860 – 22 January 1942) was a German-born British painter and printmaker who was a member of the Camden Town Group ofPost-Impressionistartists in early 20th-century London.

Question 24

Name the artist who sculpted “Pelagos”.

Answer 24

‘Pelagos’, Dame Barbara Hepworth, 1946 on display at Tate Britain.

Question 25

In James Barry’s painting of 1768, who is King Lear weeping over?

Answer 25

‘King Lear Weeping overthe Dead Body of Cordelia’

Question 26

In which county is Flatford Mill, painted by Constable?

Answer 26

Suffolk

It depicts a view of Flatford Mill in East Bergholt on the River Stour. It is also known by the subtitle Scene on a Navigable River. Although based in London, Constable frequently painted scenes from the area around the village in his nativeSuffolk.

Born inSuffolk, he is known principally for revolutionising the genre oflandscape paintingwith his pictures ofDedham Vale, the area surrounding his home – now known as “Constable Country”

Question 27

Name the Pre-Raphaelite artist who painted Ophelia in 1851.

Answer 27

Sir John Everett Millais, Bt

Question 28

What nationality was the painter John Singer Sargent?

Answer 28

American but born in Florence

Question 29

To which group of artists do the
painters Damien Hirst and Tracey
Emin belong?

Answer 29

TheYoung British Artists groupwhich took the art world by storm with their controversial take on contemporary art in the late 1980s, included, Tracey Emin, Sarah Lucas and Damien Hirst.

Question 30

Name the English painter best
known for his portrait miniatures
of members of the courts of
Queen Elizabeth I and King
James I of England.

Answer 30

Nicholas Hilliard( c. 1547 – 7 January 1619) was an English goldsmith and limner best known for his portrait miniatures of members of the courts of Elizabeth I and James I of England.

Question 31

Name one of the pre-Raphaelite
artists whose work is on display
at Tate Britain.

Answer 31

Ophelia, 1851–2,Sir John Everett Millais, Bt

Question 32

Name the British sculptor who
has 30 works on display in two
rooms in Tate Britain.

Answer 32

Henry Moore

Question 33

Name the artist who painted Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose in 1885.

Answer 33

John Singer Sargent

John Singer Sargentpainted Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose between 1885 and 1886.

Question 34

Name the British artist, who
divides his time between
Yorkshire and California, whose
work Man in Shower in Beverley
Hills is on display in Tate Britain.

Answer 34

‘Man in Shower in Beverly Hills’,David Hockney, 1964 | Tate.

Question 35

Where is the wheelchair accessible entrance to Tate Britain?

Answer 35

There are two entrances to the gallery. The Millbank entrance faces the River Thames and the accessible Manton Entrance is on Atterbury Street.

There is a ramp down to the Manton entrance with central handrails.

The Manton entrance has automatic sliding doors.

The Manton entrance takes you to the lower floor of the gallery where there is level access to the Linbury Galleries, the Hyman Kreitman Reading Rooms by appointment only, Café, toilets and baby care room.

There is lift and stair access to the gallery areas on the main floor.

Question 36

Name the current exhibition at Tate Britain

Answer 36

TBC