Bad Male Behavior Quiz

You know the art, but do you know the artist? Lots of male artists have exploited and abused women in their real lives. Does that bad behavior find its way into their work? To have a deeper understanding of art in our culture, let’s look art and artists straight on. In the age of #metoo, there’s no going back.

 
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What artist was happy when his painter wife modeled for him, kept his records and correspondence, promoted his work for exhibitions she was chosen for, but once his career took off publicly insulted her work, disparaged all women artists and refused to help her at all? Edward Hopper


What museum was happy to receive all the work of EDWARD HOPPER and his wife JOSEPHINE VERSTILLE after his death, but threw out all her work after she died a year later, leaving little record of her creative life?
The Whitney Museum
 
Besides being a racist who beat a Black man who dared to dine with him, Whistler mistreated the maids and mistresses who bore and cared for his three children. But when he struck gold and found a socially prominent younger woman to marry, he became a devoted husband.
 
 
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Q. What designer, sculptor and favorite artist of the Catholic Church was discovered to have sexually abused his daughters, committed incest with his sisters and performed sexual acts with his dog?

A. Eric Gill, creator of the font Gill Sans



Q. WHO WAS REALLY SHORTLISTED BY THE TURNER PRIZE?

A. J.M.W. Turner was a cheapskate all his life, but left a small fortune in unsold paintings to support “impoverished” artists and to keep his name alive. He never paid housekeepers who lived with him, took care of him, had sex with him and bore his children. Late in life he freeloaded at a boarding house run by his mistress. When he died he left all of them out of his will, including the children he had ignored.

Q. EGON SCHIELE WAS GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS, BUT WHAT SENT HIM TO JAIL?

A. Had sex with a 13 year old when the age of consent in Austria was 14

B. Procured under-aged girls to pose as models for erotic drawings with the help of his 17 year old mistress

C. Exhibited those drawings where children could see them