My Favourite Painting: Rodney Peppé
The children's author on a key work by Georges Rouault which entranced him before he knew anything of its creator.
Art and Antiques
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‘The Old King, 1916–36’, by Georges Rouault (1871–1958), 30¼in by 21¼in, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA. Credit: ADAP, Paris and DACS, London, 2019 / Totnes Photographic -
Credit: Atkin and Thyme The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: Whisky is coming, a hat to blow you away and shuttlecock swim shorts
Welcome back to our friendly neighbourhood round-up of the best wine, furnishings and completely, utterly inessential products available now.
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The Flower Seller, 1942, by Diego Rivera (1886–1957), 48in by 48in, private collection. Credit: Bridgeman Images My Favourite Painting: Cassandra Goud
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A painting of Dover Castle in the www.watercolourworld.org archive Credit: www.watercolourworld.org In Focus: The vast trove of watercolours documenting the world as it looked before photography
The explosion in watercolour painting in the 18th century came not from artists' studios but rather from the unbeatable practicality of this medium prior to the birth of portable cameras. Mary Miers explains how these pictures are now being put to use once more.
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3597139 Five Bathers, 1885-87 (oil on canvas) by Cezanne, Paul (1839-1906); 65.3x65.3 cm; Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland; (add.info.: Cinq baigneuses;); French, out of copyright. Credit: www.bridgemanimages.com My Favourite Painting: Sir Nicholas Serota
'The subject looks back to Botticelli, Titian and Ingres and forward to Picasso’s Demoiselles, but the visceral power is closer to relief sculpture.'
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My Favourite Painting: Dame Marina Warner
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Credit: Silverstone Auctions The Utterly Inessential Shopping List: Plant pots worth their weight in gold, posh chess and a Porsche to get your motor running
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'Prudence on Pegasus' by Phyllis Dodd. Credit: Phyllis Dodd In Focus: A view into the lives of our mothers and grandmothers, through the eyes of Fifty British women artists from the first half of the 20th century
Ruth Guilding applauds an exhibition that rebalances the art-historical scales with a representative sweep of 50 women artists working in the first half of the 20th century.
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Finale, 1887–88, by Sir John Lavery (1856–1941), 34in by 44in, private collection. Credit: Courtesy of Richard Green Gallery, London My Favourite Painting: Aileen Ribeiro
'Does Finale mean the last notes of the music or the end of an affair?'
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Henry Treffry Dunn's 'Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Theodore Watts-Dunton at Tudor House', at the Watts Gallery show. Credit: National Portrait Gallery London In Focus: How Christina Rossetti's poetry spilled over into the world of art
One of our great Victorian poets had an impact far beyond the words she committed to paper. Jeremy Musson takes a look at a new exhibition looking at Christina Rossetti's influence on the world of art.
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Study of Feet and Hands, c.1818-19 (oil on canvas) by Gericault, Theodore (1791-1824); 52x64 cm. Musee Fabre, Montpellier, France My Favourite Painting: Caro Howell
'There’s something tender and protective about the way the severed arm cradles the dismembered foot.'
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Real Gold, 1949, by Eduardo Paolozzi (1924–2005). Printed papers on paper, 28.2 x 41cm. Collection: Tate, presented by the artist 1995 Credit: ©Trustees of the Paolozzi Foundation, Licensed by DACS 2018 In Focus: Paolozzi, Warhol and the promise and fears of the mechanised world
The uncanny connections between Scottish artists Eduardo Paolozzi and his American contemporary Andy Warhol are the subject of a fascinating new exhibition in Edinburgh. Lilias Wigan paid a visit.
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Orangutan - Ruskin Spear - Height 90cm/35.5inches - Width 69.5cm/27.5 Inches. Owner is Mark Coreth, the painting is affectionately known as "Fred" to his familly. Credit: Andrew Sydenham/Country Life My Favourite Painting: Mark Coreth
'As a wildlife sculptor, I feel a huge affinity to my wild world and a closeness to Fred for that reason, too, although he’s evidently not swinging through the trees.’
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John Singer Sargent, Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, Circa 1885, Oil on canvas, Tate Britain, London, England. Credit: Alamy In Focus: Mark Griffiths on the history and revival of Sargent’s 'Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose'
Mark Griffiths describes how a dinner-party question led to the uncovering of the true identities of the lilies in Sargent’s Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose and the extraordinary history of their use and current revival.
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Queen Elizabeth II (‘Lightness of Being’), 2007, by Chris Levine (b.1960), 45¼in by 45in, lenticular print on lightbox, National Portrait Gallery, London. Credit: Chris Levine My Favourite Painting: Anya Hindmarch
'It’s such a fresh depiction of The Queen and deservedly has become iconic. To see an image of her with her eyes closed would once have been unheard of.'
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Credit: Alun Callender The willow weaver: 'I like to let the host structure feed the form'
With such romantic names as Dicky Meadows, Flanders Red and Noir de Verlaine, willow is one of Nature’s most versatile materials. Jane Wheatley meet Laura Ellen Bacon, who crafts works of art from twisted stems of Salix.
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Bird Superior: Portrait of Max Ernst by Leonora Carrington, c.1939. National Galleries of Scotland; purchased with assistance from the Henry and Sula Walton Fund and the Art Fund, 2018 © The Estate of Leonora Carrington Credit: National Galleries of Scotland/The Estate of Leonora Carrington In Focus: Leonora Carrington's extraordinary portrayal of Max Ernst, the surrealist pioneer who inspired Dalí
A stunning portrait of Max Ernst, one of the key figures in 20th century art, is at the heart of an exhibition of creative couples at the Barbican's exhibition – but be quick if you want to see it, warns Lilias Wigan.
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The Annunciation, also known as the Cestello Annunciation, a tempera painting by the Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli (about 1445–1510). Painted 1489–90; 4ft 9in by 5ft 1in, Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Credit: Alamy Stock Photo My Favourite Painting: Harry Christophers
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Anni Albers, 'Black White Yellow' (1926/1965). Cotton and silk, 2032 x 1207 mm. © 2018 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Everfast Fabrics Inc. and Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift, 1969 Credit: The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York In Focus: The mesmerising work of Anni Albers, the Bauhaus graduate who turned weaving into fine art
Anni Albers' extraordinary talent for weaving elevated her craft to the very highest levels. Chloe-Jane Good takes a look at one of her most famous pieces, 'Black, White, Yellow', which is part of a new exhibition of her work at the Tate Modern.
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Hambletonian, Rubbing Down, 1799–1800, by George Stubbs (1724–1806), 6ft 10½in by 12ft ½in, National Trust, Mount Stewart, Co Down. ©National Trust Images/John Millar/Bridgeman Credit: National Trust Images/John Millar/Bridgeman My Favourite Painting: Hilary McGrady
Hilary McGrady, director-general of the National Trust, chooses a painting she first encountered in childhood.
