My Favourite Painting

The landscape architect picks out a dramatic biblical image given new life by 'Il Fiammingo'.

By Country Life Published 1 August 22

Food writer Ameer Kotecha chooses a picture whose creator clearly loves food as much as the rest of us.

By Country Life Published 25 July 22

Saad Eddine Said of the New Art Exchange chooses a fascinating modern painting that's full of classical influences.

By Country Life Published 11 July 22

The visual-arts advisor and curator at Chichester Cathedral chooses a huge painting that is 'an assault on the senses'.

By Country Life Published 4 July 22

Paul Chesney of Chesneys Fireplaces chooses a classic Renoir.

By Country Life Published 27 June 22

Teresa Dent of the GWCT chooses a glorious Renaissance masterpiece.

By Country Life Published 20 June 22

The Antiques Roadshow expert picks A Muse by Cosimo Tura.

By Country Life Published 6 June 22

The farmer on The Three Ages of Woman by Gustav Klimt.

By Country Life Published 30 May 22

Andrew Carwood, music director of St Paul's Cathedral, chooses a magnificent altarpiece.

By Country Life Published 23 May 22

Mark Hedges, editor of Country Life magazine since 2006, chooses his own favourite painting for one of his magazine's best-loved regular slots.

By Country Life Published 16 May 22

Writer and curator Gilane Tawadros chooses the harrowing Slave Ship by J. M. W. Turner.

By Country Life Published 9 May 22

Bangladeshi artist Rana Begum chooses Hand Inside by Ellie MacGarry.

By Country Life Published 18 April 22

The author Paula Sutton chooses 'Portrait of Dido Elizabeth Belle' by David Martin.

By Country Life Published 4 April 22

Orlando Rock, chairman of Christie's, chooses The Adoration of the Magi by Jacopo Bassano.

By Country Life Published 28 March 22

Dr Kate Pretty, founder of the Young Archaeologists' Club and former principal of Homerton College, Cambridge, chooses Gulf Women Prepare for War by Maggi Hambling.

By Country Life Published 21 March 22

The author and paint company founder loves this Cubism-inspired still life for its colour and contradiction.

By Country Life Published 28 February 22

Interior designer Martin Brudnizki chooses Waking Up in Naples by Howard Hodgkin.

By Country Life Published 21 February 22

The director of London's Timothy Taylor Gallery enthuses about the connection between Heaven and Earth depicted in this gigantic, colourful work.

By Country Life Published 14 February 22

Tailor Richard Anderson picks an image of a smartly-dressed gentleman.

By Country Life Published 7 February 22