A Modern, Thriving Society
The Turner Prize for contemporary art is named after which influential landscape painter?
AJohn Constable
BThomas Gainsborough
CJoseph Turner ✓
DDavid Hockney
Answer & explanation
The correct answer is Joseph Turner.
The Turner Prize, established in 1984, is named after Joseph Turner, an influential landscape painter.
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