| WHISTLER | James Mcneill _, Americanborn artist whose most famous painting is a portrait of his mother (8) |
| DALI | Artist whose most famous painting is The Persistence of Memory (4) |
| EPSTEIN | Sir Jacob ___, Americanborn sculptor who became a British citizen in 1911 (7) |
| WATTS | Victorian artist whose paintings include Hope, Love and Life and Choosing (a portrait of his wife Ellen Terry) (5) |
| SPLATTER | ____ painting is a name for the style of Jackson Pollock |
| GUERNICA | Town in Spain whose destruction 1937 by German bombers during the Spanish Civil War was depicted in one of Picasso's most famous paintings |
| MONALISA | Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece La Gioconda, considered the world's most famous painting (4,4) |
| POTOFPAINT | One of the most celebrated trials in the history of art centered on a libel suit brought by artist James McNeill Whistler against art critic John Ruskin for using this phrase to describe Whistler's pa |
| BOUCHER | Rococo artist whose paintings include The Rising of the Sun, A Summer Pastoral, Charms of Country Life and portraits of his patroness Madame de Pompadour (7) |
| EDVARDMUNCH | Norwegian artist whose most famous work is The Scream (6,5) |
| AUBREY | Biographer whose Brief Lives features a collection of pen portraits of his contemporaries including Milton, Shakespeare and Raleigh (6) |
| PEACOCK | The - Room ; James McNeill Whistler's work of interior art in blue and gold (7) |
| PORTNOYSCOMPLIANT | Story of a Jewish bachelor who's solicitous of his mother's wishes? |
| MOTHER | "Whistler's ___" (Painting by James McNeill Whistler) (6) |
| NEWPORT | In which Co Mayo town did Prince Albert of Monaco unveil a statue of his mother, Princess Grace, in 2023? (7) |
| HONEYFITZ | Nickname of President Kennedy's grandfather who was the father of his mother Rose: 2 wds. |
| SWISS | In the James Bond books, what was the nationality of his mother? (5) |
| CRAIG | Weatherfield copper who is suspicious of his mother Beth's actions (5) |
| TINKER | Weatherfield copper who is suspicious of his mother Beth's actions (6) |
| RAJIVGANDHI | Prime minister of India 1984-89, who took office after the assassination of his mother (5,6) |
