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| Art - Britons confuse Monet with Rolf |
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| Date : 02-10-2003 10:44 Source : bbc |
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Nearly half of those surveyed could not identify Leonardo Da Vinci as the painter of the Mona Lisa.
And 7% thought Australian TV presenter and artist Harris had painted Monet's Water Lillies.
The survey, conducted by Encyclopaedia Britannica among 500 people, found 85% could not name Edvard Munch as the creator of The Scream.
British art also caused problems for many, with more than half could not being able to identify the Hay Wain as by John Constable, while one in 10 thought Botticelli had painted David Hockney's A Bigger Splash.
The survey also discovered that 43% of those questioned had never visited an art gallery in their lives, despite 68% of people citing art as important factor in society.
Artistic heritage
The 18 to 24-year-old generation fared the worst in the survey, despite half having some sort of art qualification, with none being able to recognise Gustav Klimt's most famous work The Kiss.
"Britain as a nation is envied for its rich artistic heritage and it is sad to learn that so few of us take an interest in the world's, not to mention our own, artistic treasures," Encyclopaedia Britannica direct marketing manager Christine Hodgson said.
A straw poll conducted by BBC One's Breakfast programme saw one young man guess Leonardo Di Caprio had painted the Mona Lisa, while another believed it was by Van Gogh.
Renoir was identified as the originator of the Water Lillies, while Van Gogh was also wrongly named as the painter of Munch's The Scream.
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