Note to viewers: if you had taken each of our ArtSmart Quizzes for the past eighteen years, you would now have a basic knowledge of almost 200 artists. Hopefully you have, and hopefully you have traveled further into those artists' worlds on your own.

The British artist Graham Sutherland catches our eye this February.


    1. What was Sutherland's title during World War II?
    A. Her Majesty's Painter
    B. Official War Artist
    C. Cultural Attache

answer one
    2. What kind of work did Sutherland do before studying art?
A. Railroad engineer
B. Composed music
C. Sign painter

answer two
    3. From 1920 to 1925, where did Sutherland study art?
A. London Centre for the Graphic Arts
B. Cambridge Art Institute
C. Goldsmiths' College School of Art

answer three
    4. Which other British artist became close friends with Sutherland?
A. Lucien Freud
B. Ben Nicholson
C. Francis Bacon

answer four
    5. During the 1950's, Sutherland changed his focus from landscape to what?
A. Charcoal drawings
B. Portraits
C. Woodcuts

answer five
    6. What did Sutherland teach from 1928 - 1932?
A. Book illustration
B. Commercial advertising
C. Pencil drawing

answer six
    7. What fascinated Sutherland after visiting the Welsh border?
A. "The power of growth"
B. "The tenacity of nature"
C. "The grimness of the life cycle"

answer seven
    8. How did Sutherland describe life, after serving in the war?
A. Irrational
B. Chaotic and unpredictable
C. Cruel and unapprehending

answer eight
    9. What became Sutherland's symbol to reflect his philosophy?
A. The Thorn tree
B. The human skeleton
C. Bombed pastures

answer nine
    10. What label was given to Sutherland's art?
A. Symbolist
B. Neo-Romantic
C. Photorealism

answer ten
    11. What other British artist was studying the art of Samuel Palmer?
A. David Jones
B. David Garner
C. A. S. Hartrick

answer eleven
    12. What characterizes Sutherland's view of the natural world?
A. Fecundity
B. Irony
C. Anxiety

answer twelve
    13. What technique did Sutherland use to emphasize his view of nature?
A. Abstraction
B. Distortion
C. Darkened palettes

answer thirteen
    14. Where did Sutherland travel each year to escape the desolation of the British landscape?
A. Southern France
B. Italy
C. Greece

answer fourteen
    15. What did Sutherland paint to express his feelings about the war?
A. Empty prisons
B. Destroyed farms
C. Fire-blackened buildings

answer fifteen

Viewers may want to watch Graham Sutherland live on a You Tube video.

SCORING:12-15 right answers makes you an art smart genius.
8-11 right and you're an art smart cookie.
5-7 right and you're having an art attack.
Fewer than 5 right and you're in art failure!

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