📙 Chapter 4: A Modern, Thriving Society
Who is the Turner Prize named after?
Correct answer: JMW Turner
A Tina Turner
✓ JMW Turner
C Thomas Turner
D Alan Turner
💡 Explanation
The Turner Prize is named after the landscape painter JMW Turner.
Key facts to remember
- Gainsborough and Reynolds — 18th-century portrait painters
- Constable and Turner — landscape painters; Turner Prize named after JMW Turner
- Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth — sculptors; Lucian Freud, Damien Hirst
- National Gallery and Tate Modern in London
- National Museum Cardiff; Scottish National Gallery Edinburgh
- Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Why this is the answer
From the official Life in the UK study material — 4.5.3 Art:
Britain has produced many famous artists. Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Joshua Reynolds were famous 18th-century portrait painters. John Constable and JMW Turner are known for their landscape paintings. Turner is considered one of the greatest landscape painters. The Turner Prize, a prestigious contemporary art award, is named after him. Other notable artists include Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth (sculptors), Lucian Freud, and Damien Hirst.
Major art galleries in the UK include the National Gallery and Tate Modern in London, the National Museum Cardiff, and the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh. Many galleries offer free admission. The Royal Academy of Arts in London holds an annual Summer Exhibition.
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