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1. Young Vincent Van Gogh had a totally different ambition to being a suffering artist: he wanted to be a pastor, like his father. He did manage to get a post as a missionary, but alienated his superiors by bringing disgrace (as they saw it) on to the Church. What awful thing did he do?
2. After a brief and inauspicious spell at West Point, this artist tried his hand at map making for the US Coastal Service. He didn't last long! However, he maintained that the knowledge of etching which he gained served him well in his future artistic career. His mother actually wanted him to be a clergyman.
3. This Liverpool born artist worked for his father in the leather trade. Perhaps this early (loose) connection with saddlery gave George Stubbs his lifelong interest in painting these, his most famous subjects. What were they?
4. This French artist was not born into poverty. His father was a judge and wanted him to pursue a career in law. Then he persuaded him to try for the Navy, but fortunately for art, he failed the examinations twice. His father then encouraged him to take up a career as a painter. This artist is often confused with his contemporary. Who was this 'Olympian' of Impressionism?
5. This English artist had perhaps the most unusual method of supporting his work: he was an inmate in an asylum for the criminally insane. Believing his father was the devil, he stabbed and killed him. At first he was kept at Bedlam then moved to the newly built Broadmoor where he lived until his death. The Chief Psychiatrists involved with his care actively encouraged him to paint, and some of his best work was done there. Who was this "Fairy Feller" ?
6. This French artist, a great friend of Manet, studied law for a time. However, his father noticed that he spent more time studying paintings in the Louvre than his law books. Thanks to the encouragement of this wise man we can now see studies of ballet dancers, horses and lively sculptures. Who was this painter?
7. This well loved Englishman is probably better known for his verses than his art. However, this former draughtsman for the Zoological Society became an artist for the British Museum. Later he was employed by the Earl of Derby to paint watercolours of exotic birds and animals in his home at Knowsley Hall.
Who was this nonsensical genius?
8. This particular fellow stands out from his contemporaries as never achieving success in his lifetime, despite generous financial support from friends and family. Known forever as one half of an engaged couple, which noted landscape artist never made it until a year after his death?
9. In 1879 this Nordic artist enrolled in a technical college to study engineering. He excelled in chemistry, physics and maths. He was often ill and after one year he left to pursue a career in painting, much to his father's disapproval. Which artist made his father scream in anger?
10. Aubrey Beardsley, an English artist of the Art Nouveau period, was known for the decadence of his work. Strange that his earlier employment should sound so cautious and restrained. What was it?
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