
Charlotte Mullins
Charlotte Mullins is an art critic, writer and broadcaster. Her latest book, The Art Isles: A 15,000 year story of art in the British Isles, will be published by Yale University Press in October 2025. Other recent titles include A Little History of Art (Yale) and A Little Feminist History of Art (Tate Publishing). She writes the weekly column ‘My Favourite Painting’ for Country Life, is the presenter of the podcast Making a Mark for the Cristea Roberts Gallery and regularly reviews exhibitions on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row and Radio 3’s Free Thinking.
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My favourite painting: John Lewis-StempelThe award-winning Nature writer and regular Country Life contributor John Lewis-Stempel chooses a bucolic scene with quite probably the longest title of any artwork ever to feature on this page.
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My favourite painting: Gavin PlumleyGavin Plumley, author and cultural historian, selects an unusual canvas with two painters credited.
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My favourite painting: Sir David Hempleman-AdamsIndustrialist and explorer Sir David Hempleman-Adams selects a beguiling Egon Schiele work.
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My Favourite Painting: Martha Lytton CobboldMartha Lytton Cobbold of Historic Houses selects a magnificent depiction of the power of nature.
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My Favourite Painting: Nick TrendThe journalist and art historian Nick Trend chooses a striking Jan van Eyck portrait.
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My Favourite Painting: Jamie HambroJamie Hambro picks Low Life by Edwin Landseer.
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My favourite painting: Felix FrancisThe thriller writer Felix Francis chooses a classic image by Munnings that 'perfectly sums up the excitement of horse racing'.
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My favourite painting: Hugo BarclayHugo Barclay, director of the Affordable Art Fair, chooses an unusual Picasso.
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My favourite painting: Greg DoranTheatre director Greg Doran chooses a domestic work by one of the great masters.
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My favourite painting: Sholto KynochThe musician Sholto Kynoch picks a Caspar David Friedrich landscape.
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My favourite painting: Giles CorenGiles Coren picks 'an oil sketch gone wrong' by his school friend Jonathan Yeo.
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My favourite painting: Carmel AllenCarmel Allen, managing director of Tate, chooses an unforgettable image from one of the Scottish Colourists.
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My Favourite Painting: Levison WoodThe explorer Levison Wood chooses a dramatic portrait of war dating back 150 years.
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My favourite painting: Claire GermanClaire German of the Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, chooses an incomparable Tudor portrait of one of the great men of his time: Holbein's portrait of Thomas Cromwell.
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My favourite painting: Anthony MouldThe art dealer Anthony Mould chooses a rarity: a human portrait by Stubbs.
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My favourite painting: Miranda RockMiranda Rock of the Burghley horse trials chooses a floral masterpiece bought almost 350 years ago by two of her ancestors.
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My favourite painting: Rose BalstonArt historian Rose Balston chooses a Gentileschi classic.
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My favourite painting: MOK O’KeeffeThe historian MOK O’Keeffe chooses a portrait which hangs in one of London's great houses.
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My Favourite Painting: Graham Lloyd-BruntThe designer Graham Lloyd-Brunt picks a calming and peaceful image.
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My Favourite Painting: Freya SimmsFreya Simms of LAPADA chooses an exotic 17th century image.
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My favourite painting: Oliver SpencerOliver Spencer of Favourbrook picks a painting of cricket with colours 'to sear into your eyes, burn into the retinas.'
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My favourite painting: Matthew WilliamsonDesigner Matthew Williamson chooses an abstract modern piece that contrasts with his professional style.
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My favourite painting: Will FisherWill Fisher of Jamb chooses a huge and dramatic Rubens.
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My favourite painting: Skye GyngellThe chef and restauranteur Skye Gyngell chooses an uplifting modern piece.
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