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My favourite painting: Hugo Barclay
Hugo Barclay, director of the Affordable Art Fair, chooses an unusual Picasso.
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My favourite painting: Greg Doran
Theatre director Greg Doran chooses a domestic work by one of the great masters.
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Marianne North: The intrepid Victorian who climbed mountains and paddled up rapids to create unforgettable natural art
Victorian artist Marianne North braved jungle rapids, forests and mountains to capture the blowsy beauty of tropical plants on canvas. Carla Passino paints the life of a woman who defied conventions to forge her own path.
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My favourite painting: Sholto Kynoch
The musician Sholto Kynoch picks a Caspar David Friedrich landscape.
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My favourite painting: Giles Coren
Giles Coren picks 'an oil sketch gone wrong' by his school friend Jonathan Yeo.
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My favourite painting: Carmel Allen
Carmel Allen, managing director of Tate, chooses an unforgettable image from one of the Scottish Colourists.
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My Favourite Painting: Levison Wood
The explorer Levison Wood chooses a dramatic portrait of war dating back 150 years.
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My favourite painting: Claire German
Claire 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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Stephen Millership: The man whose classic posters distill the spirit of the British countryside
From the mauve sky of Waterloo Sunset to the pastoral Arcadia of rolling fields in God’s Own Country, Stephen Millership’s evocative travel scenes capture Great Britain’s soul. Andrew Liddle meets the man behind the art.
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My favourite painting: Miranda Rock
Miranda 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 Balston
Art historian Rose Balston chooses a Gentileschi classic.
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My favourite painting: MOK O’Keeffe
The historian MOK O’Keeffe chooses a portrait which hangs in one of London's great houses.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds: Why 'the greatest portrait artist England has ever seen' is the true heir to the Old Masters
It wasn’t merely brilliant brushwork or sparkling colour that made Sir Joshua Reynolds one of England’s greatest portraitists. His talent for friendship nurtured his extraordinary career, says Susan Jenkins.
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My Favourite Painting: Graham Lloyd-Brunt
The designer Graham Lloyd-Brunt picks a calming and peaceful image.
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My Favourite Painting: Freya Simms
Freya Simms of LAPADA chooses an exotic 17th century image.
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The art of the seaside
Open skies, shifting clouds and the golden expanse of the beach have inspired artists from John Constable to Antony Gormley, but the sun-bathing throngs have proved a rather less popular subject, as Michael Prodger discovers.
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My favourite painting: Oliver Spencer
Oliver 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: Will Fisher
Will Fisher of Jamb chooses a huge and dramatic Rubens.
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Life, the universe, cave art... and no longer believing in Heaven, by Robin Hanbury-Tenison
Does the meaning of life hide in our mystical relationship with our world, as captured by the cave art of prehistoric men, asks Robin Hanbury-Tenison.
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Country Life 28 June 2023
Country Life 28 June 2023 looks at making hay, traditional hardware stores and the artists who headed for West Sussex looking for country life.
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My favourite painting: Skye Gyngell
The chef and restauranteur Skye Gyngell chooses an uplifting modern piece.
