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 Gallery Oldham, located in Lancashire, which contains fine art, social and natural history collections, including around 5,000 works of art. You can see art from Gallery Oldham on Art UK here. This 1887 painting, Venus Born of the Sea Foam, by William Stott of Oldham (1857–1900), caused a public scandal and an argument between Stott and another artist. With whom did he have a physical fight at the Hogarth Club, Fitzrovia, in 1889? "" John Singer Sargent James Abbott McNeill Whistler Jules Bastien-Lepage Stanhope Forbes Gallery Oldham holds a stunning portrait of Dame Sarah Lees, by Hugh Goldwin Rivière (1869–1956). What did Lees become known for in 1910? "" Scientific discoveries Editor of the Women’s Suffrage Journal Elected mayor Qualifying as a lawyer John William Waterhouse’s (1849–1917) painting Circe is one of the most popular in the gallery"s collection. What does Circe hold in her right hand? "" Red wine Poison A magical potion Blood This painting by James Purdy (1900-72), shows the unveiling of Oldham’s war memorial in 1923. Who is the memorial’s sculptor? "" Gilbert Ledward Albert Toft Henry Alfred Pegram Charles Sargeant Jagger Gallery Oldham added the painting Damilola by Nigerian-born artist Titus Agbara to its collection in 2017. What does the Yoruba name Damilola mean in English? "" Hope Wealth Faith Prosperity The only painting by Frank Auerbach in the Gallery Oldham collection is EOW on Her Blue Eiderdown. EOW was a model with whom Auerbach worked frequently. What was her name? "" Esme Olivia Wilson Erica Ophelia Waring Estella Olive West Elizabeth Orla Williams Kanak Champa Chakma’s painting In the Red entered the Gallery Oldham collection in 2002. The artist is an activist for the Chakma hill people in which Asian country? "" Myanmar Afghanistan Bangladesh India Gallery Oldham holds a collection of watercolours, donated to the people of Oldham by Charles Edward Lees. Included in this group is JMW Turner’s Swiss Alpine Valley. In which year was Turner born? "" 1775 1835 1875 1755
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